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
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, 1971–2010
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.
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4222 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.6467 GPI | +53.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7671 GPI | +18.6% |
| 1976 | 0.5345 GPI | -30.3% |
| 1978 | 0.4774 GPI | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 0.4557 GPI | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 0.4547 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.4493 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.4517 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4843 GPI | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 0.4941 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.5055 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5356 GPI | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 0.5324 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.5516 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.5466 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.5507 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5609 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.5746 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.5741 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.5734 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.5737 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6588 GPI | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9204 GPI | +39.7% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.9204 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9351 GPI, 98% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.9204 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 95% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +53.2% | 0.4222 GPI | 0.6467 GPI |
| 2010 | +39.7% | 0.6588 GPI | 0.9204 GPI |
| 1976 | -30.3% | 0.7671 GPI | 0.5345 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 175 Cape Verde 0.9337 GPI compare
- 176 Benin 0.9269 GPI compare
- 177 Mozambique 0.9254 GPI compare
- 179 Tuvalu 0.9171 GPI compare
- 180 Eswatini 0.9167 GPI compare
- 181 Papua New Guinea 0.9119 GPI compare
More reference data data for Guinea-Bissau
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3098 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.395 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.395 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1955 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2346 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1466 (2050)
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
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.