School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
18th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.6302 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
28
1971–2019

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

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.652 GPI1972: 0.66 GPI1973: 0.63 GPI1974: 0.643 GPI1975: 0.631 GPI1976: 0.639 GPI1977: 0.646 GPI1978: 0.648 GPI1980: 0.663 GPI1981: 0.702 GPI1982: 0.675 GPI1983: 0.672 GPI1984: 0.683 GPI1985: 0.684 GPI1988: 0.686 GPI1989: 0.715 GPI1990: 0.686 GPI1991: 0.695 GPI2000: 0.934 GPI2001: 0.708 GPI2011: 0.949 GPI2012: 0.989 GPI2013: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 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 Sierra Leone is 1.03 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6302 GPI, in 1973.

Sierra Leone ranks 18th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6438 GPI 0.6302 GPI 0.6602 GPI 8
1980s 0.6849 GPI 0.6629 GPI 0.7152 GPI 8
1990s 0.6903 GPI 0.6858 GPI 0.6948 GPI 2
2000s 0.8211 GPI 0.708 GPI 0.9342 GPI 2
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9493 GPI 1.03 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 15 Uganda 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 16 Malawi 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 17 Maldives 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 19 Mauritius 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 20 Qatar 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 21 Gibraltar 1.02 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 Sierra Leone?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6302 GPI in 1973.
How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Sierra Leone ranks 18th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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.