School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9745 GPI in 2013. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe, 1970–2013
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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
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.