School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Liberia
Liberia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9862 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Liberia, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 0.9862 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Liberia peaked at 0.9881 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4214 GPI, in 1970.
Liberia ranks 112th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4937 GPI | 0.4214 GPI | 0.584 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.5493 GPI | 0.5493 GPI | 0.5493 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6993 GPI | 0.6519 GPI | 0.7467 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8569 GPI | 0.7335 GPI | 0.911 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9332 GPI | 0.8885 GPI | 0.9881 GPI | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 109 Uzbekistan 0.9876 GPI compare
- 110 Poland 0.9868 GPI compare
- 111 Kyrgyzstan 0.9862 GPI compare
- 113 Nauru 0.9861 GPI compare
- 114 Equatorial Guinea 0.9859 GPI compare
- 115 Jordan 0.9832 GPI compare
More reference data data for Liberia
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2305 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.446 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.4208 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.3811 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 496 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4456 °C (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 4 (2025)
- Free country 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Liberia?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Liberia was 0.9862 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9881 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4214 GPI in 1970.
- How does Liberia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Liberia ranks 112th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.