School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kenya
Kenya: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kenya, 1970–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2016.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kenya peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7342 GPI, in 1970.
That places Kenya 55th out of 197 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8314 GPI | 0.7342 GPI | 0.9079 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9481 GPI | 0.922 GPI | 0.9656 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.974 GPI | 0.9636 GPI | 0.9843 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9588 GPI | 0.9319 GPI | 0.9788 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9995 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kenya?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kenya was 1 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7342 GPI in 1970.
- How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Kenya ranks 55th out of 197 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.