School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uganda

Uganda: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
15th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.6344 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
46
1970–2017

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uganda, 1970–2017

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uganda is 1.03 GPI, measured in 2017.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uganda peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6344 GPI, in 1970.

Uganda ranks 15th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Uganda, 1970 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.6344 GPI —
1971 0.64 GPI +0.9%
1972 0.6647 GPI +3.9%
1974 0.6949 GPI +4.5%
1975 0.6733 GPI -3.1%
1976 0.7039 GPI +4.6%
1977 0.7104 GPI +0.9%
1978 0.7168 GPI +0.9%
1979 0.7226 GPI +0.8%
1980 0.7568 GPI +4.7%
1981 0.7377 GPI -2.5%
1982 0.7265 GPI -1.5%
1983 0.7756 GPI +6.8%
1984 0.7774 GPI +0.2%
1985 0.792 GPI +1.9%
1986 0.8161 GPI +3.0%
1987 0.8242 GPI +1.0%
1988 0.7907 GPI -4.1%
1989 0.8068 GPI +2.0%
1990 0.8003 GPI -0.8%
1991 0.8128 GPI +1.6%
1992 0.7812 GPI -3.9%
1993 0.7912 GPI +1.3%
1994 0.9222 GPI +16.6%
1995 0.8355 GPI -9.4%
1996 0.8584 GPI +2.7%
1997 0.8677 GPI +1.1%
1998 0.8912 GPI +2.7%
1999 0.8993 GPI +0.9%
2000 0.9207 GPI +2.4%
2001 0.9456 GPI +2.7%
2002 0.9672 GPI +2.3%
2003 0.9639 GPI -0.3%
2004 0.9704 GPI +0.7%
2005 0.9779 GPI +0.8%
2006 0.987 GPI +0.9%
2007 0.9862 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.9882 GPI +0.2%
2009 0.9904 GPI +0.2%
2010 0.9971 GPI +0.7%
2011 1 GPI +0.5%
2012 1 GPI +0.2%
2013 1.01 GPI +0.7%
2015 1.02 GPI +0.8%
2016 1.03 GPI +1.3%
2017 1.03 GPI -0.4%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 1.03 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9351 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 1.03 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6845 GPI 0.6344 GPI 0.7226 GPI 9
1980s 0.7804 GPI 0.7265 GPI 0.8242 GPI 10
1990s 0.846 GPI 0.7812 GPI 0.9222 GPI 10
2000s 0.9697 GPI 0.9207 GPI 0.9904 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9971 GPI 1.03 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 12 Iran 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 13 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 14 Azerbaijan 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 16 Malawi 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 17 Maldives 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 18 Sierra Leone 1.03 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 Uganda?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uganda was 1.03 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6344 GPI in 1970.
How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Uganda ranks 15th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda 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.