School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uganda
Uganda: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Uganda, 1970–2017
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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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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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.