School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9971 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9971 GPI
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
83rd
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9971 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5873 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
48
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso stood at 0.9971 GPI. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.9971 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5873 GPI, in 1971.

Burkina Faso ranks 83rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6026 GPI 0.5873 GPI 0.6154 GPI 9
1980s 0.6025 GPI 0.5967 GPI 0.6195 GPI 10
1990s 0.6601 GPI 0.6311 GPI 0.6979 GPI 9
2000s 0.7894 GPI 0.7088 GPI 0.8833 GPI 10
2010s 0.965 GPI 0.9073 GPI 0.9971 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 80 Iceland 0.9974 GPI compare
  2. 81 Belarus, Republic of 0.9972 GPI compare
  3. 82 United Kingdom 0.9971 GPI compare
  4. 84 Slovak Republic 0.996 GPI compare
  5. 85 Canada 0.9957 GPI compare
  6. 86 Bahamas, The 0.9953 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 0.9971 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 0.9971 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5873 GPI in 1971.
How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 83rd out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.