School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea

Guinea: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.8166 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.8166 GPI
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
193rd
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.849 GPI
in 2011
All-time low
0.4347 GPI
in 1989
Years of data
44
1971–2016

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea, 1971–2016

00.20.40.60.81971199320161971: 0.458 GPI1972: 0.557 GPI1973: 0.457 GPI1974: 0.455 GPI1975: 0.45 GPI1976: 0.501 GPI1977: 0.521 GPI1978: 0.508 GPI1979: 0.523 GPI1981: 0.495 GPI1982: 0.486 GPI1983: 0.477 GPI1984: 0.472 GPI1985: 0.453 GPI1986: 0.457 GPI1987: 0.436 GPI1988: 0.438 GPI1989: 0.435 GPI1990: 0.438 GPI1991: 0.451 GPI1992: 0.46 GPI1993: 0.466 GPI1994: 0.487 GPI1995: 0.507 GPI1996: 0.526 GPI1997: 0.564 GPI1998: 0.577 GPI1999: 0.607 GPI2000: 0.653 GPI2001: 0.693 GPI2002: 0.72 GPI2003: 0.746 GPI2004: 0.769 GPI2005: 0.795 GPI2006: 0.821 GPI2007: 0.835 GPI2008: 0.833 GPI2009: 0.837 GPI2010: 0.82 GPI2011: 0.849 GPI2012: 0.839 GPI2013: 0.84 GPI2014: 0.844 GPI2016: 0.817 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea stood at 0.8166 GPI.

The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea peaked at 0.849 GPI in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4347 GPI, in 1989.

That places Guinea 193rd out of 197 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4922 GPI 0.4503 GPI 0.5566 GPI 9
1980s 0.4611 GPI 0.4347 GPI 0.4955 GPI 9
1990s 0.5083 GPI 0.4381 GPI 0.6072 GPI 10
2000s 0.7702 GPI 0.6533 GPI 0.8367 GPI 10
2010s 0.8347 GPI 0.8166 GPI 0.849 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Guinea

  1. 190 Pakistan 0.8592 GPI compare
  2. 191 Eritrea 0.8485 GPI compare
  3. 192 Iraq 0.8351 GPI compare
  4. 194 Central African Republic 0.7801 GPI compare
  5. 195 Chad 0.7757 GPI compare
  6. 196 Afghanistan 0.6671 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 Guinea?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Guinea was 0.8166 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 0.849 GPI in 2011.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4347 GPI in 1989.
How does Guinea rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Guinea ranks 193rd out of 197 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guinea 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.