School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Senegal
Senegal: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Senegal, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Senegal is 1.14 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6404 GPI, in 1971.
That places Senegal 2nd out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6833 GPI | 0.6404 GPI | 0.74 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.6804 GPI | 0.6628 GPI | 0.7175 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7744 GPI | 0.7239 GPI | 0.8361 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9544 GPI | 0.8656 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 7 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Senegal?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Senegal was 1.14 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6404 GPI in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Senegal ranks 2nd out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.