School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Somalia

Somalia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.5532 GPI in 2007. ▲ Rising

Latest (2007)
0.5532 GPI
World rank
197th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.5824 GPI
in 1980
All-time low
0.3191 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
16
1971–2007

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Somalia, 1971–2007

00.20.40.61971198920071971: 0.319 GPI1972: 0.325 GPI1973: 0.348 GPI1974: 0.403 GPI1976: 0.535 GPI1977: 0.536 GPI1978: 0.566 GPI1979: 0.564 GPI1980: 0.582 GPI1981: 0.557 GPI1982: 0.544 GPI1983: 0.531 GPI1984: 0.541 GPI1985: 0.522 GPI1986: 0.501 GPI2007: 0.553 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Somalia is 0.5532 GPI, measured in 2007.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Somalia peaked at 0.5824 GPI in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.3191 GPI, in 1971.

That places Somalia 197th out of 197 countries with data for 2007, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Somalia, 1971 to 2007.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.3191 GPI —
1972 0.3248 GPI +1.8%
1973 0.3478 GPI +7.1%
1974 0.4026 GPI +15.8%
1976 0.5349 GPI +32.9%
1977 0.5357 GPI +0.2%
1978 0.5659 GPI +5.6%
1979 0.5637 GPI -0.4%
1980 0.5824 GPI +3.3%
1981 0.557 GPI -4.4%
1982 0.5437 GPI -2.4%
1983 0.5308 GPI -2.4%
1984 0.5414 GPI +2.0%
1985 0.5222 GPI -3.6%
1986 0.5006 GPI -4.1%
2007 0.5532 GPI +10.5%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 0.5532 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9351 GPI, 59% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 0.5532 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4493 GPI 0.3191 GPI 0.5659 GPI 8
1980s 0.5397 GPI 0.5006 GPI 0.5824 GPI 7
2000s 0.5532 GPI 0.5532 GPI 0.5532 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 194 Central African Republic 0.7801 GPI compare
  2. 195 Chad 0.7757 GPI compare
  3. 196 Afghanistan 0.6671 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 Somalia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Somalia was 0.5532 GPI in 2007, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 0.5824 GPI in 1980.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3191 GPI in 1971.
How does Somalia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Somalia ranks 197th out of 197 countries with data for 2007.
Where does this Somalia 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
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.