School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burundi

Burundi: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.13 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.13 GPI
Change on year
up 3.4%
World rank
11th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.2442 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
39
1971–2019

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

0.20.40.60.811.21971199520191971: 0.244 GPI1972: 0.261 GPI1973: 0.333 GPI1974: 0.39 GPI1975: 0.42 GPI1976: 0.421 GPI1977: 0.467 GPI1978: 0.459 GPI1979: 0.464 GPI1980: 0.464 GPI1981: 0.461 GPI1982: 0.557 GPI1983: 0.469 GPI1984: 0.473 GPI1985: 0.5 GPI1986: 0.487 GPI1987: 0.53 GPI1988: 0.554 GPI1989: 0.58 GPI1990: 0.607 GPI1991: 0.571 GPI1992: 0.598 GPI1993: 0.607 GPI2003: 0.736 GPI2004: 0.716 GPI2005: 0.714 GPI2006: 0.717 GPI2007: 0.718 GPI2009: 0.703 GPI2010: 0.701 GPI2011: 0.724 GPI2012: 0.749 GPI2013: 0.803 GPI2014: 0.861 GPI2015: 0.922 GPI2016: 0.979 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burundi is 1.13 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.

The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burundi peaked at 1.13 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2442 GPI, in 1971.

That places Burundi 11th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burundi, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Burundi, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.2442 GPI —
1972 0.2613 GPI +7.0%
1973 0.3331 GPI +27.5%
1974 0.3905 GPI +17.2%
1975 0.42 GPI +7.6%
1976 0.4205 GPI +0.1%
1977 0.467 GPI +11.0%
1978 0.4589 GPI -1.7%
1979 0.4636 GPI +1.0%
1980 0.4637 GPI +0.0%
1981 0.4607 GPI -0.6%
1982 0.5574 GPI +21.0%
1983 0.469 GPI -15.9%
1984 0.473 GPI +0.8%
1985 0.4996 GPI +5.6%
1986 0.4867 GPI -2.6%
1987 0.5305 GPI +9.0%
1988 0.5543 GPI +4.5%
1989 0.5802 GPI +4.7%
1990 0.6066 GPI +4.6%
1991 0.5715 GPI -5.8%
1992 0.5976 GPI +4.6%
1993 0.6067 GPI +1.5%
2003 0.7364 GPI +21.4%
2004 0.7159 GPI -2.8%
2005 0.7141 GPI -0.3%
2006 0.7166 GPI +0.4%
2007 0.7179 GPI +0.2%
2009 0.7026 GPI -2.1%
2010 0.7012 GPI -0.2%
2011 0.724 GPI +3.2%
2012 0.749 GPI +3.5%
2013 0.8031 GPI +7.2%
2014 0.8608 GPI +7.2%
2015 0.9223 GPI +7.1%
2016 0.9788 GPI +6.1%
2017 1.03 GPI +5.0%
2018 1.09 GPI +6.3%
2019 1.13 GPI +3.4%

Burundi compared with similar countries

  • Burundi's 1.13 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8127 GPI, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Burundi's 1.13 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9023 GPI, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3843 GPI 0.2442 GPI 0.467 GPI 9
1980s 0.5075 GPI 0.4607 GPI 0.5802 GPI 10
1990s 0.5956 GPI 0.5715 GPI 0.6067 GPI 4
2000s 0.7172 GPI 0.7026 GPI 0.7364 GPI 6
2010s 0.8989 GPI 0.7012 GPI 1.13 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 8 Tunisia 1.14 GPI compare
  2. 9 Bhutan 1.14 GPI compare
  3. 10 Senegal 1.13 GPI compare
  4. 12 Honduras 1.12 GPI compare
  5. 13 Bermuda 1.12 GPI compare
  6. 14 Rwanda 1.12 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burundi?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Burundi was 1.13 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2442 GPI in 1971.
How does Burundi rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Burundi ranks 11th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is up 60.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burundi 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.