School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Gambia

Gambia: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9586 GPI in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.9586 GPI
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
146th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.9673 GPI
in 2009
All-time low
0.3154 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
27
1971–2010

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Gambia, 1971–2010

0.40.60.811971199020101971: 0.315 GPI1973: 0.321 GPI1974: 0.329 GPI1975: 0.358 GPI1976: 0.366 GPI1977: 0.413 GPI1978: 0.47 GPI1979: 0.416 GPI1980: 0.409 GPI1981: 0.416 GPI1983: 0.436 GPI1984: 0.436 GPI1985: 0.431 GPI1986: 0.422 GPI1987: 0.431 GPI1988: 0.412 GPI1989: 0.402 GPI1990: 0.462 GPI1991: 0.489 GPI1992: 0.525 GPI1993: 0.533 GPI1994: 0.55 GPI1995: 0.555 GPI1996: 0.631 GPI2008: 0.942 GPI2009: 0.967 GPI2010: 0.959 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Gambia recorded 0.9586 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2010.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Gambia peaked at 0.9673 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.3154 GPI, in 1971.

Gambia ranks 146th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3736 GPI 0.3154 GPI 0.4696 GPI 8
1980s 0.4219 GPI 0.402 GPI 0.4364 GPI 9
1990s 0.5351 GPI 0.4622 GPI 0.6305 GPI 7
2000s 0.9545 GPI 0.9418 GPI 0.9673 GPI 2
2010s 0.9586 GPI 0.9586 GPI 0.9586 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 143 Sierra Leone 0.9607 GPI compare
  2. 144 San Marino 0.9605 GPI compare
  3. 145 Norway 0.9592 GPI compare
  4. 147 Ethiopia 0.9566 GPI compare
  5. 148 Switzerland 0.9557 GPI compare
  6. 149 Gibraltar 0.9516 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Gambia?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Gambia was 0.9586 GPI in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9673 GPI in 2009.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3154 GPI in 1971.
How does Gambia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Gambia ranks 146th out of 195 countries with data for 2010.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gambia 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.