School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kenya

Kenya: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
55th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.7342 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
42
1970–2016

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Kenya, 1970–2016

00.250.50.7511970199320161970: 0.734 GPI1971: 0.758 GPI1972: 0.771 GPI1973: 0.792 GPI1974: 0.831 GPI1975: 0.861 GPI1976: 0.878 GPI1977: 0.888 GPI1978: 0.894 GPI1979: 0.908 GPI1980: 0.922 GPI1981: 0.934 GPI1982: 0.941 GPI1983: 0.941 GPI1984: 0.95 GPI1985: 0.957 GPI1986: 0.953 GPI1987: 0.955 GPI1988: 0.966 GPI1989: 0.963 GPI1990: 0.966 GPI1991: 0.971 GPI1992: 0.97 GPI1993: 0.978 GPI1994: 0.984 GPI1995: 0.982 GPI1998: 0.977 GPI1999: 0.964 GPI2000: 0.978 GPI2001: 0.972 GPI2002: 0.94 GPI2003: 0.942 GPI2004: 0.932 GPI2005: 0.948 GPI2006: 0.96 GPI2007: 0.979 GPI2008: 0.97 GPI2009: 0.97 GPI2012: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 0.999 GPI2016: 1 GPI

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 52 British Virgin Islands 1 GPI compare
  2. 53 Latvia 1 GPI compare
  3. 54 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPI compare
  4. 56 Czechia 1 GPI compare
  5. 57 Greece 1 GPI compare
  6. 58 Belgium 1 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

More reference data data for Kenya

All data for Kenya →

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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 42 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

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.