School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sudan

Sudan: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9351 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9351 GPI
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
174th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9351 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.8404 GPI
in 2007
Years of data
17
2001–2017

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sudan, 2001–2017

00.20.40.60.812001200920172001: 0.846 GPI2002: 0.844 GPI2003: 0.858 GPI2004: 0.855 GPI2005: 0.877 GPI2006: 0.865 GPI2007: 0.84 GPI2008: 0.868 GPI2009: 0.89 GPI2010: 0.897 GPI2011: 0.884 GPI2012: 0.869 GPI2013: 0.877 GPI2014: 0.903 GPI2015: 0.895 GPI2016: 0.915 GPI2017: 0.935 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sudan stood at 0.9351 GPI. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sudan peaked at 0.9351 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8404 GPI, in 2007.

That places Sudan 174th out of 197 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Sudan, 2001 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
2001 0.8458 GPI —
2002 0.8441 GPI -0.2%
2003 0.8582 GPI +1.7%
2004 0.8554 GPI -0.3%
2005 0.8768 GPI +2.5%
2006 0.8649 GPI -1.4%
2007 0.8404 GPI -2.8%
2008 0.8684 GPI +3.3%
2009 0.8901 GPI +2.5%
2010 0.8966 GPI +0.7%
2011 0.8837 GPI -1.4%
2012 0.8685 GPI -1.7%
2013 0.877 GPI +1.0%
2014 0.9033 GPI +3.0%
2015 0.8951 GPI -0.9%
2016 0.9153 GPI +2.3%
2017 0.9351 GPI +2.2%

Sudan compared with similar countries

  • Sudan's 0.9351 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9351 GPI, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Sudan's 0.9351 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8605 GPI 0.8404 GPI 0.8901 GPI 9
2010s 0.8968 GPI 0.8685 GPI 0.9351 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Sudan

  1. 171 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9394 GPI compare
  2. 172 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9385 GPI compare
  3. 173 Brazil 0.9376 GPI compare
  4. 175 Cape Verde 0.9337 GPI compare
  5. 176 Benin 0.9269 GPI compare
  6. 177 Mozambique 0.9254 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 Sudan?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Sudan was 0.9351 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 0.9351 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8404 GPI in 2007.
How does Sudan rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Sudan ranks 174th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan 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.