School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Rwanda

Rwanda: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9756 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9756 GPI
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
127th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2006
All-time low
0.7703 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
45
1971–2019

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

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.772 GPI1972: 0.77 GPI1973: 0.793 GPI1974: 0.792 GPI1975: 0.811 GPI1976: 0.835 GPI1977: 0.851 GPI1978: 0.87 GPI1979: 0.887 GPI1980: 0.909 GPI1981: 0.921 GPI1982: 0.927 GPI1983: 0.938 GPI1984: 0.943 GPI1985: 0.949 GPI1986: 0.959 GPI1987: 0.972 GPI1988: 0.977 GPI1989: 0.983 GPI1990: 0.99 GPI1991: 0.994 GPI1992: 0.981 GPI1997: 0.964 GPI1998: 0.959 GPI1999: 0.962 GPI2000: 0.969 GPI2001: 0.993 GPI2002: 0.992 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.996 GPI2017: 0.988 GPI2018: 0.982 GPI2019: 0.976 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Rwanda stood at 0.9756 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Rwanda peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.7703 GPI, in 1972.

That places Rwanda 127th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8202 GPI 0.7703 GPI 0.8869 GPI 9
1980s 0.9478 GPI 0.909 GPI 0.9828 GPI 10
1990s 0.9751 GPI 0.9588 GPI 0.9939 GPI 6
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.9691 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9756 GPI 1.03 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 124 United Arab Emirates 0.9779 GPI compare
  2. 125 Venezuela 0.9765 GPI compare
  3. 128 Portugal 0.9747 GPI compare
  4. 129 Zimbabwe 0.9745 GPI compare
  5. 130 Mongolia 0.9744 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Rwanda?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Rwanda was 0.9756 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2006.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7703 GPI in 1972.
How does Rwanda rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Rwanda ranks 127th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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
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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.