School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Eswatini

Eswatini: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9167 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9167 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
180th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9955 GPI
in 1980
All-time low
0.8787 GPI
in 2011
Years of data
48
1970–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Eswatini, 1970–2018

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Eswatini stood at 0.9167 GPI.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Eswatini peaked at 0.9955 GPI in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.8787 GPI, in 2011.

That places Eswatini 180th out of 197 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Eswatini, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Eswatini, 1970 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.9052 GPI —
1971 0.9044 GPI -0.1%
1972 0.9 GPI -0.5%
1973 0.91 GPI +1.1%
1974 0.9249 GPI +1.6%
1975 0.9352 GPI +1.1%
1976 0.9401 GPI +0.5%
1977 0.9502 GPI +1.1%
1978 0.9619 GPI +1.2%
1979 0.9688 GPI +0.7%
1980 0.9955 GPI +2.7%
1981 0.961 GPI -3.5%
1982 0.9609 GPI -0.0%
1983 0.9483 GPI -1.3%
1984 0.9581 GPI +1.0%
1985 0.9599 GPI +0.2%
1986 0.969 GPI +1.0%
1987 0.9709 GPI +0.2%
1988 0.9764 GPI +0.6%
1989 0.9852 GPI +0.9%
1990 0.9795 GPI -0.6%
1991 0.9683 GPI -1.2%
1992 0.962 GPI -0.6%
1993 0.9537 GPI -0.9%
1994 0.9594 GPI +0.6%
1995 0.9616 GPI +0.2%
1996 0.9581 GPI -0.4%
1997 0.97 GPI +1.2%
1998 0.9542 GPI -1.6%
1999 0.9542 GPI -0.0%
2000 0.9422 GPI -1.3%
2001 0.9454 GPI +0.3%
2002 0.9186 GPI -2.8%
2003 0.9328 GPI +1.5%
2004 0.9174 GPI -1.6%
2005 0.9158 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9081 GPI -0.8%
2007 0.9025 GPI -0.6%
2009 0.8898 GPI -1.4%
2010 0.8937 GPI +0.4%
2011 0.8787 GPI -1.7%
2012 0.899 GPI +2.3%
2013 0.899 GPI -0.0%
2014 0.903 GPI +0.4%
2015 0.9031 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9118 GPI +1.0%
2017 0.9123 GPI +0.1%
2018 0.9167 GPI +0.5%

Eswatini compared with similar countries

  • Eswatini's 0.9167 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 94% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Eswatini's 0.9167 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 95% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9301 GPI 0.9 GPI 0.9688 GPI 10
1980s 0.9685 GPI 0.9483 GPI 0.9955 GPI 10
1990s 0.9621 GPI 0.9537 GPI 0.9795 GPI 10
2000s 0.9192 GPI 0.8898 GPI 0.9454 GPI 9
2010s 0.9019 GPI 0.8787 GPI 0.9167 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 177 Mozambique 0.9254 GPI compare
  2. 178 Guinea-Bissau 0.9204 GPI compare
  3. 179 Tuvalu 0.9171 GPI compare
  4. 181 Papua New Guinea 0.9119 GPI compare
  5. 182 Lebanon 0.9115 GPI compare
  6. 183 Ethiopia 0.9076 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Eswatini?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Eswatini was 0.9167 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 0.9955 GPI in 1980.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8787 GPI in 2011.
How does Eswatini rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Eswatini ranks 180th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Eswatini 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.