School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9076 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
0.9076 GPI
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
183rd
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9261 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.4584 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
44
1971–2015

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, 1971–2015

00.20.40.60.811971199320151971: 0.458 GPI1972: 0.466 GPI1973: 0.467 GPI1974: 0.47 GPI1975: 0.474 GPI1976: 0.477 GPI1977: 0.48 GPI1978: 0.492 GPI1979: 0.481 GPI1980: 0.531 GPI1981: 0.553 GPI1982: 0.575 GPI1983: 0.604 GPI1984: 0.622 GPI1985: 0.654 GPI1986: 0.657 GPI1987: 0.625 GPI1988: 0.609 GPI1989: 0.632 GPI1990: 0.657 GPI1991: 0.666 GPI1992: 0.728 GPI1993: 0.699 GPI1994: 0.618 GPI1995: 0.588 GPI1996: 0.565 GPI1997: 0.565 GPI1998: 0.578 GPI1999: 0.598 GPI2000: 0.646 GPI2001: 0.679 GPI2002: 0.702 GPI2003: 0.717 GPI2004: 0.766 GPI2005: 0.819 GPI2006: 0.858 GPI2007: 0.877 GPI2008: 0.895 GPI2009: 0.921 GPI2010: 0.919 GPI2011: 0.918 GPI2012: 0.926 GPI2014: 0.917 GPI2015: 0.908 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2015, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia stood at 0.9076 GPI.

That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.9261 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4584 GPI, in 1971.

Ethiopia ranks 183rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4741 GPI 0.4584 GPI 0.4925 GPI 9
1980s 0.6063 GPI 0.5315 GPI 0.6573 GPI 10
1990s 0.6262 GPI 0.5651 GPI 0.7276 GPI 10
2000s 0.788 GPI 0.6459 GPI 0.9211 GPI 10
2010s 0.9175 GPI 0.9076 GPI 0.9261 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 180 Eswatini 0.9167 GPI compare
  2. 181 Papua New Guinea 0.9119 GPI compare
  3. 182 Lebanon 0.9115 GPI compare
  4. 184 Mali 0.8997 GPI compare
  5. 185 Cameroon 0.8996 GPI compare
  6. 186 Palau 0.8791 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 Ethiopia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ethiopia was 0.9076 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9261 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4584 GPI in 1971.
How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Ethiopia ranks 183rd out of 197 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia 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
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.