School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9745 GPI in 2013. ▲ Rising

Latest (2013)
0.9745 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
129th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 1990
All-time low
0.8219 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
32
1970–2013

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe, 1970–2013

00.250.50.7511970199120131970: 0.822 GPI1971: 0.83 GPI1972: 0.83 GPI1973: 0.832 GPI1974: 0.841 GPI1975: 0.852 GPI1976: 0.86 GPI1977: 0.876 GPI1978: 0.881 GPI1979: 0.877 GPI1981: 0.93 GPI1982: 0.925 GPI1983: 0.938 GPI1984: 0.934 GPI1985: 0.95 GPI1986: 0.959 GPI1987: 0.975 GPI1988: 0.982 GPI1989: 0.993 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 0.976 GPI1992: 0.996 GPI1995: 0.981 GPI1996: 0.981 GPI1998: 0.976 GPI1999: 0.974 GPI2000: 0.973 GPI2001: 0.972 GPI2002: 0.976 GPI2003: 0.977 GPI2012: 0.977 GPI2013: 0.974 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Zimbabwe recorded 0.9745 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2013.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe peaked at 1 GPI in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.8219 GPI, in 1970.

Zimbabwe ranks 129th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8501 GPI 0.8219 GPI 0.8807 GPI 10
1980s 0.9541 GPI 0.9246 GPI 0.9934 GPI 9
1990s 0.9834 GPI 0.974 GPI 1 GPI 7
2000s 0.9746 GPI 0.9724 GPI 0.9775 GPI 4
2010s 0.9756 GPI 0.9745 GPI 0.9767 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 126 Luxembourg 0.9762 GPI compare
  2. 127 Rwanda 0.9756 GPI compare
  3. 128 Portugal 0.9747 GPI compare
  4. 130 Mongolia 0.9744 GPI compare
  5. 131 Moldova 0.974 GPI compare
  6. 132 Botswana 0.9739 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe was 0.9745 GPI in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 1990.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8219 GPI in 1970.
How does Zimbabwe rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Zimbabwe ranks 129th out of 197 countries with data for 2013.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zimbabwe 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.