School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania

Tanzania: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
26th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.6578 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania, 1970–2019

00.250.50.751197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania is 1.02 GPI, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6578 GPI, in 1971.

Tanzania ranks 26th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7387 GPI 0.6578 GPI 0.8786 GPI 10
1980s 0.9715 GPI 0.9023 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
1990s 0.9851 GPI 0.9721 GPI 1 GPI 10
2000s 0.9772 GPI 0.9603 GPI 0.999 GPI 10
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.05 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Tanzania

  1. 23 Ukraine 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 24 Saint Lucia 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 25 India 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 27 Zambia 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 28 American Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 29 Nepal 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6578 GPI in 1971.
How does Tanzania rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Tanzania ranks 26th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania 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.