School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ghana, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ghana is 1.01 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ghana peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7872 GPI, in 1987.
That places Ghana 35th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8172 GPI | 0.7999 GPI | 0.8401 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.8175 GPI | 0.7872 GPI | 0.834 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8792 GPI | 0.8431 GPI | 0.9153 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9559 GPI | 0.9242 GPI | 0.9821 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9899 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 9 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ghana was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7872 GPI in 1987.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Ghana ranks 35th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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
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.