School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Ghana

Ghana: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
35th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7872 GPI
in 1987
Years of data
44
1971–2019

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

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.84 GPI1972: 0.828 GPI1973: 0.823 GPI1974: 0.835 GPI1975: 0.812 GPI1976: 0.802 GPI1977: 0.804 GPI1978: 0.8 GPI1979: 0.81 GPI1980: 0.819 GPI1981: 0.828 GPI1982: 0.821 GPI1983: 0.821 GPI1984: 0.821 GPI1985: 0.802 GPI1987: 0.787 GPI1988: 0.826 GPI1989: 0.834 GPI1990: 0.843 GPI1991: 0.855 GPI1992: 0.871 GPI1993: 0.882 GPI1994: 0.889 GPI1995: 0.899 GPI1999: 0.915 GPI2000: 0.924 GPI2001: 0.935 GPI2002: 0.936 GPI2003: 0.946 GPI2004: 0.936 GPI2005: 0.957 GPI2006: 0.98 GPI2007: 0.981 GPI2008: 0.981 GPI2009: 0.982 GPI2011: 0.99 GPI2012: 0.994 GPI2013: 0.999 GPI2014: 0.999 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 32 Bhutan 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 33 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 34 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 36 Malaysia 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 37 Madagascar 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 38 China 1.01 GPI compare

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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

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.