School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9204 GPI in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.9204 GPI
World rank
178th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9204 GPI
in 2010
All-time low
0.4222 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
24
1971–2010

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, 1971–2010

00.20.40.60.811971199020101971: 0.422 GPI1972: 0.647 GPI1973: 0.767 GPI1976: 0.534 GPI1978: 0.477 GPI1979: 0.456 GPI1980: 0.455 GPI1981: 0.449 GPI1982: 0.452 GPI1983: 0.484 GPI1984: 0.494 GPI1985: 0.505 GPI1987: 0.536 GPI1988: 0.532 GPI1989: 0.552 GPI1992: 0.547 GPI1993: 0.551 GPI1994: 0.561 GPI1995: 0.575 GPI1996: 0.574 GPI1997: 0.573 GPI1998: 0.574 GPI2000: 0.659 GPI2010: 0.92 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2010, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau stood at 0.9204 GPI. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 39.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.9204 GPI in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.4222 GPI, in 1971.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 178th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5506 GPI 0.4222 GPI 0.7671 GPI 6
1980s 0.4955 GPI 0.4493 GPI 0.5516 GPI 9
1990s 0.5649 GPI 0.5466 GPI 0.5746 GPI 7
2000s 0.6588 GPI 0.6588 GPI 0.6588 GPI 1
2010s 0.9204 GPI 0.9204 GPI 0.9204 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau

  1. 175 Cape Verde 0.9337 GPI compare
  2. 176 Benin 0.9269 GPI compare
  3. 177 Mozambique 0.9254 GPI compare
  4. 179 Tuvalu 0.9171 GPI compare
  5. 180 Eswatini 0.9167 GPI compare
  6. 181 Papua New Guinea 0.9119 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau was 0.9204 GPI in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The highest recorded value was 0.9204 GPI in 2010.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4222 GPI in 1971.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 178th out of 197 countries with data for 2010.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.