School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 3.3%
World rank
78th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.3911 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
36
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.399 GPI1972: 0.391 GPI1973: 0.425 GPI1974: 0.438 GPI1975: 0.454 GPI1976: 0.473 GPI1977: 0.422 GPI1979: 0.497 GPI1980: 0.579 GPI1981: 0.515 GPI1982: 0.554 GPI1983: 0.517 GPI1984: 0.533 GPI1985: 0.55 GPI1986: 0.513 GPI1994: 0.552 GPI1999: 0.621 GPI2000: 0.656 GPI2001: 0.657 GPI2003: 0.68 GPI2004: 0.695 GPI2005: 0.705 GPI2006: 0.722 GPI2007: 0.73 GPI2008: 0.739 GPI2009: 0.742 GPI2010: 0.759 GPI2011: 0.774 GPI2012: 0.805 GPI2013: 0.84 GPI2014: 0.873 GPI2015: 0.911 GPI2016: 0.939 GPI2017: 0.961 GPI2018: 0.989 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso is 1.02 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3911 GPI, in 1972.

That places Burkina Faso 78th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burkina Faso, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.3986 GPI
1972 0.3911 GPI -1.9%
1973 0.4254 GPI +8.8%
1974 0.4383 GPI +3.0%
1975 0.4542 GPI +3.6%
1976 0.4728 GPI +4.1%
1977 0.4225 GPI -10.7%
1979 0.497 GPI +17.6%
1980 0.5787 GPI +16.4%
1981 0.5152 GPI -11.0%
1982 0.5539 GPI +7.5%
1983 0.517 GPI -6.7%
1984 0.5327 GPI +3.1%
1985 0.55 GPI +3.2%
1986 0.5135 GPI -6.6%
1994 0.5519 GPI +7.5%
1999 0.6212 GPI +12.6%
2000 0.6562 GPI +5.6%
2001 0.657 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.6801 GPI +3.5%
2004 0.6952 GPI +2.2%
2005 0.7046 GPI +1.3%
2006 0.7218 GPI +2.5%
2007 0.7298 GPI +1.1%
2008 0.7391 GPI +1.3%
2009 0.7421 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.759 GPI +2.3%
2011 0.774 GPI +2.0%
2012 0.8047 GPI +4.0%
2013 0.8397 GPI +4.4%
2014 0.8733 GPI +4.0%
2015 0.9108 GPI +4.3%
2016 0.9386 GPI +3.1%
2017 0.9615 GPI +2.4%
2018 0.9894 GPI +2.9%
2019 1.02 GPI +3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4375 GPI 0.3911 GPI 0.497 GPI 8
1980s 0.5373 GPI 0.5135 GPI 0.5787 GPI 7
1990s 0.5865 GPI 0.5519 GPI 0.6212 GPI 2
2000s 0.7029 GPI 0.6562 GPI 0.7421 GPI 9
2010s 0.8873 GPI 0.759 GPI 1.02 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 75 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 76 Madagascar 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 77 Indonesia 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 79 Jamaica 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 80 Mauritius 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 81 Slovenia 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burkina Faso was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3911 GPI in 1972.
How does Burkina Faso rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 78th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.