School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Senegal

Senegal: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.14 GPI
World rank
2nd
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.14 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.6404 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
46
1971–2019

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

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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.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Senegal, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.6404 GPI —
1972 0.6503 GPI +1.6%
1973 0.6551 GPI +0.7%
1974 0.7308 GPI +11.6%
1975 0.74 GPI +1.3%
1976 0.7368 GPI -0.4%
1977 0.6655 GPI -9.7%
1978 0.6638 GPI -0.3%
1979 0.667 GPI +0.5%
1980 0.6663 GPI -0.1%
1981 0.666 GPI -0.0%
1982 0.6628 GPI -0.5%
1983 0.6679 GPI +0.8%
1984 0.6716 GPI +0.6%
1985 0.6778 GPI +0.9%
1986 0.6807 GPI +0.4%
1987 0.6945 GPI +2.0%
1988 0.6986 GPI +0.6%
1989 0.7175 GPI +2.7%
1990 0.7239 GPI +0.9%
1991 0.7354 GPI +1.6%
1992 0.743 GPI +1.0%
1993 0.7533 GPI +1.4%
1994 0.7549 GPI +0.2%
1995 0.7654 GPI +1.4%
1996 0.7935 GPI +3.7%
1997 0.8145 GPI +2.6%
1998 0.8361 GPI +2.7%
1999 0.8239 GPI -1.5%
2000 0.8656 GPI +5.1%
2001 0.8877 GPI +2.6%
2002 0.9079 GPI +2.3%
2003 0.919 GPI +1.2%
2004 0.9469 GPI +3.0%
2005 0.9623 GPI +1.6%
2006 0.9849 GPI +2.3%
2007 1 GPI +1.6%
2008 1.02 GPI +2.4%
2009 1.04 GPI +1.8%
2010 1.06 GPI +1.3%
2011 1.12 GPI +6.3%
2012 1.11 GPI -0.9%
2013 1.12 GPI +0.6%
2014 1.12 GPI +0.1%
2015 1.12 GPI -0.0%
2019 1.14 GPI +1.9%

Senegal compared with similar countries

  • Senegal's 1.14 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Senegal's 1.14 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 1 Kuwait 1.15 GPI compare
  2. 3 San Marino 1.11 GPI compare
  3. 4 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  4. 5 Oman 1.09 GPI compare

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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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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.