School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania
Tanzania: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tanzania, 1970–2019
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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
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.