School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.5328 GPI in 2000. ▲ Rising

Latest (2000)
0.5328 GPI
World rank
193rd
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.5535 GPI
in 1971
All-time low
0.1913 GPI
in 1979
Years of data
16
1971–2000

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, 1971–2000

0.20.30.40.50.61971198520001971: 0.553 GPI1972: 0.478 GPI1976: 0.433 GPI1977: 0.301 GPI1978: 0.222 GPI1979: 0.191 GPI1980: 0.199 GPI1981: 0.233 GPI1982: 0.205 GPI1983: 0.245 GPI1984: 0.226 GPI1985: 0.27 GPI1987: 0.334 GPI1988: 0.344 GPI1989: 0.462 GPI2000: 0.533 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2000, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau stood at 0.5328 GPI.

That represents a change of up 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.5535 GPI in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0.1913 GPI, in 1979.

That places Guinea-Bissau 193rd out of 195 countries with data for 2000, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3629 GPI 0.1913 GPI 0.5535 GPI 6
1980s 0.2798 GPI 0.1988 GPI 0.4625 GPI 9
2000s 0.5328 GPI 0.5328 GPI 0.5328 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau

  1. 190 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6395 GPI compare
  2. 191 Zambia 0.5978 GPI compare
  3. 192 Afghanistan 0.5683 GPI compare
  4. 194 Chad 0.5262 GPI compare
  5. 195 Somalia 0.4608 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau was 0.5328 GPI in 2000, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The highest recorded value was 0.5535 GPI in 1971.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1913 GPI in 1979.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 193rd out of 195 countries with data for 2000.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.