School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Samoa

Samoa: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
40th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.14 GPI
in 1975
All-time low
0.8936 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
38
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Samoa, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511.21970199420191970: 0.971 GPI1971: 0.894 GPI1972: 0.991 GPI1973: 0.978 GPI1975: 1.1 GPI1976: 1 GPI1977: 1 GPI1978: 1 GPI1979: 1 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 0.997 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2009: 0.972 GPI2010: 0.988 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 0.996 GPI2014: 0.998 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 0.996 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 Samoa is 1.01 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Samoa peaked at 1.14 GPI in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.8936 GPI, in 1971.

That places Samoa 40th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Samoa, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.9708 GPI —
1971 0.8936 GPI -8.0%
1972 0.9908 GPI +10.9%
1973 0.9785 GPI -1.2%
1975 1.14 GPI +16.2%
1976 1.02 GPI -10.4%
1977 1.01 GPI -1.1%
1978 1 GPI -0.6%
1979 1.02 GPI +1.9%
1980 1 GPI -1.5%
1981 1.02 GPI +1.3%
1982 1.04 GPI +1.6%
1983 1.04 GPI +0.4%
1986 1.08 GPI +3.8%
1994 1.02 GPI -5.7%
1995 1.03 GPI +1.2%
1996 1.02 GPI -0.4%
1997 1.03 GPI +1.0%
1998 1.05 GPI +1.6%
1999 0.9969 GPI -5.2%
2000 1.01 GPI +1.6%
2001 1.02 GPI +0.3%
2002 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2003 1.01 GPI -0.6%
2004 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2005 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2006 1 GPI -0.4%
2007 1 GPI +0.1%
2009 0.9716 GPI -3.2%
2010 0.9875 GPI +1.6%
2011 1 GPI +1.4%
2012 0.9957 GPI -0.6%
2014 0.9982 GPI +0.3%
2015 0.995 GPI -0.3%
2016 1.01 GPI +1.3%
2017 1 GPI -0.7%
2018 0.9963 GPI -0.5%
2019 1.01 GPI +1.3%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 1.01 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 1.01 GPI is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1 GPI 0.8936 GPI 1.14 GPI 9
1980s 1.04 GPI 1 GPI 1.08 GPI 5
1990s 1.03 GPI 0.9969 GPI 1.05 GPI 6
2000s 1 GPI 0.9716 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
2010s 0.9992 GPI 0.9875 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 37 Madagascar 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 38 China 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 39 Burundi 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 41 Spain 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 42 Germany 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 43 Georgia 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 Samoa?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Samoa 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 Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 1975.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8936 GPI in 1971.
How does Samoa rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Samoa ranks 40th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Samoa?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Samoa 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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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.