School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9566 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
0.9566 GPI
Change on year
up 5.7%
World rank
147th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.9566 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.3315 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
25
1971–2015

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, 1971–2015

0.40.60.811971199320151971: 0.332 GPI1972: 0.339 GPI1974: 0.376 GPI1984: 0.563 GPI1991: 0.775 GPI1992: 0.845 GPI1993: 0.876 GPI1994: 0.844 GPI1995: 0.795 GPI1996: 0.756 GPI1999: 0.665 GPI2000: 0.66 GPI2001: 0.659 GPI2002: 0.622 GPI2003: 0.573 GPI2004: 0.571 GPI2005: 0.594 GPI2006: 0.624 GPI2007: 0.664 GPI2008: 0.719 GPI2009: 0.765 GPI2010: 0.813 GPI2011: 0.883 GPI2012: 0.905 GPI2015: 0.957 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Ethiopia recorded 0.9566 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2015. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 61.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.9566 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3315 GPI, in 1971.

That places Ethiopia 147th out of 195 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3491 GPI 0.3315 GPI 0.3765 GPI 3
1980s 0.5634 GPI 0.5634 GPI 0.5634 GPI 1
1990s 0.7936 GPI 0.6647 GPI 0.8759 GPI 7
2000s 0.6452 GPI 0.5712 GPI 0.7654 GPI 10
2010s 0.8895 GPI 0.8133 GPI 0.9566 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 144 San Marino 0.9605 GPI compare
  2. 145 Norway 0.9592 GPI compare
  3. 146 Gambia 0.9586 GPI compare
  4. 148 Switzerland 0.9557 GPI compare
  5. 149 Gibraltar 0.9516 GPI compare
  6. 150 Zimbabwe 0.951 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 Ethiopia?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia was 0.9566 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9566 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3315 GPI in 1971.
How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Ethiopia ranks 147th out of 195 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 61.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia 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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About this data

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.