School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Gambia

Gambia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.11 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.11 GPI
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
4th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.11 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.4295 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
46
1971–2019

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

00.250.50.751197119952019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Gambia is 1.11 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Gambia peaked at 1.11 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4295 GPI, in 1971.

Gambia ranks 4th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4613 GPI 0.4295 GPI 0.4868 GPI 9
1980s 0.5776 GPI 0.4933 GPI 0.6355 GPI 9
1990s 0.7659 GPI 0.6844 GPI 0.8445 GPI 8
2000s 0.988 GPI 0.8692 GPI 1.06 GPI 10
2010s 1.06 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.11 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 1 Kuwait 1.15 GPI compare
  2. 2 Senegal 1.14 GPI compare
  3. 3 San Marino 1.11 GPI compare
  4. 5 Oman 1.09 GPI compare
  5. 6 Bangladesh 1.07 GPI compare
  6. 7 Congo 1.07 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 Gambia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Gambia was 1.11 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4295 GPI in 1971.
How does Gambia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Gambia ranks 4th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gambia 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.