School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Madagascar

Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
37th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 1995
All-time low
0.7669 GPI
in 1976
Years of data
44
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Madagascar, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.854 GPI1972: 0.849 GPI1973: 0.865 GPI1974: 0.86 GPI1975: 0.88 GPI1976: 0.767 GPI1977: 0.823 GPI1978: 0.902 GPI1979: 0.887 GPI1980: 0.912 GPI1981: 0.958 GPI1982: 0.959 GPI1983: 0.879 GPI1985: 0.934 GPI1988: 0.949 GPI1989: 0.948 GPI1990: 0.955 GPI1991: 0.977 GPI1992: 0.915 GPI1993: 0.956 GPI1994: 0.966 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 0.956 GPI1998: 0.962 GPI1999: 0.962 GPI2000: 0.954 GPI2001: 0.954 GPI2002: 0.953 GPI2003: 0.95 GPI2004: 0.95 GPI2005: 0.949 GPI2006: 0.953 GPI2007: 0.96 GPI2008: 0.963 GPI2009: 0.97 GPI2010: 0.975 GPI2011: 0.975 GPI2012: 0.983 GPI2013: 0.987 GPI2014: 0.992 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 0.997 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Madagascar is 1.01 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Madagascar peaked at 1.03 GPI in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.7669 GPI, in 1976.

That places Madagascar 37th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Madagascar, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Madagascar, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.8541 GPI —
1972 0.8487 GPI -0.6%
1973 0.865 GPI +1.9%
1974 0.8597 GPI -0.6%
1975 0.8802 GPI +2.4%
1976 0.7669 GPI -12.9%
1977 0.8227 GPI +7.3%
1978 0.9016 GPI +9.6%
1979 0.887 GPI -1.6%
1980 0.9124 GPI +2.9%
1981 0.9579 GPI +5.0%
1982 0.9595 GPI +0.2%
1983 0.8792 GPI -8.4%
1985 0.9337 GPI +6.2%
1988 0.9486 GPI +1.6%
1989 0.948 GPI -0.1%
1990 0.9553 GPI +0.8%
1991 0.9768 GPI +2.2%
1992 0.9153 GPI -6.3%
1993 0.9556 GPI +4.4%
1994 0.9659 GPI +1.1%
1995 1.03 GPI +6.5%
1996 0.9564 GPI -7.0%
1998 0.9619 GPI +0.6%
1999 0.9618 GPI -0.0%
2000 0.9537 GPI -0.8%
2001 0.954 GPI +0.0%
2002 0.9532 GPI -0.1%
2003 0.9499 GPI -0.3%
2004 0.9504 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9487 GPI -0.2%
2006 0.9533 GPI +0.5%
2007 0.9597 GPI +0.7%
2008 0.963 GPI +0.3%
2009 0.9701 GPI +0.7%
2010 0.9752 GPI +0.5%
2011 0.9751 GPI -0.0%
2012 0.9826 GPI +0.8%
2013 0.9872 GPI +0.5%
2014 0.9922 GPI +0.5%
2015 0.9946 GPI +0.2%
2016 0.9967 GPI +0.2%
2018 1 GPI +0.6%
2019 1.01 GPI +1.0%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 1.01 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9351 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 1.01 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.854 GPI 0.7669 GPI 0.9016 GPI 9
1980s 0.9342 GPI 0.8792 GPI 0.9595 GPI 7
1990s 0.9642 GPI 0.9153 GPI 1.03 GPI 9
2000s 0.9556 GPI 0.9487 GPI 0.9701 GPI 10
2010s 0.991 GPI 0.9751 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 34 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 35 Ghana 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 36 Malaysia 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 38 China 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 39 Burundi 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 40 Samoa 1.01 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 Madagascar?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Madagascar was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 1995.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7669 GPI in 1976.
How does Madagascar rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Madagascar ranks 37th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Madagascar 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.