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.

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

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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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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About this data

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
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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.