School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Togo

Togo: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9666 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9666 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
144th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9666 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.4416 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
48
1971–2019

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

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Togo stood at 0.9666 GPI. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Togo peaked at 0.9666 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4416 GPI, in 1971.

Togo ranks 144th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Togo, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.4416 GPI —
1972 0.4521 GPI +2.4%
1973 0.4721 GPI +4.4%
1974 0.4879 GPI +3.4%
1975 0.5033 GPI +3.2%
1976 0.5275 GPI +4.8%
1977 0.5515 GPI +4.6%
1978 0.5668 GPI +2.8%
1979 0.5962 GPI +5.2%
1980 0.6135 GPI +2.9%
1981 0.6371 GPI +3.9%
1982 0.6391 GPI +0.3%
1983 0.6387 GPI -0.1%
1984 0.6287 GPI -1.6%
1985 0.6128 GPI -2.5%
1986 0.602 GPI -1.8%
1987 0.6041 GPI +0.4%
1988 0.6132 GPI +1.5%
1989 0.6173 GPI +0.7%
1990 0.6315 GPI +2.3%
1991 0.6354 GPI +0.6%
1992 0.6609 GPI +4.0%
1994 0.6515 GPI -1.4%
1995 0.6662 GPI +2.3%
1996 0.6803 GPI +2.1%
1997 0.6984 GPI +2.7%
1998 0.7258 GPI +3.9%
1999 0.748 GPI +3.1%
2000 0.7728 GPI +3.3%
2001 0.7888 GPI +2.1%
2002 0.8093 GPI +2.6%
2003 0.8212 GPI +1.5%
2004 0.8341 GPI +1.6%
2005 0.845 GPI +1.3%
2006 0.8554 GPI +1.2%
2007 0.8608 GPI +0.6%
2008 0.8728 GPI +1.4%
2009 0.8497 GPI -2.6%
2010 0.8974 GPI +5.6%
2011 0.9065 GPI +1.0%
2012 0.9205 GPI +1.5%
2013 0.9313 GPI +1.2%
2014 0.9423 GPI +1.2%
2015 0.9532 GPI +1.2%
2016 0.9534 GPI +0.0%
2017 0.9555 GPI +0.2%
2018 0.966 GPI +1.1%
2019 0.9666 GPI +0.1%

Togo compared with similar countries

  • Togo's 0.9666 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Togo's 0.9666 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.511 GPI 0.4416 GPI 0.5962 GPI 9
1980s 0.6207 GPI 0.602 GPI 0.6391 GPI 10
1990s 0.6775 GPI 0.6315 GPI 0.748 GPI 9
2000s 0.831 GPI 0.7728 GPI 0.8728 GPI 10
2010s 0.9393 GPI 0.8974 GPI 0.9666 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Togo

  1. 141 Italy 0.9685 GPI compare
  2. 142 Vanuatu 0.9683 GPI compare
  3. 143 Cuba 0.9669 GPI compare
  4. 145 Cayman Islands 0.9664 GPI compare
  5. 146 Belize 0.9663 GPI compare
  6. 147 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9661 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Togo?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Togo was 0.9666 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Togo?
The highest recorded value was 0.9666 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Togo?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4416 GPI in 1971.
How does Togo rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Togo ranks 144th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Togo?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Togo 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
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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.