School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kenya

Kenya: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.8898 GPI in 2009. ▲ Rising

Latest (2009)
0.8898 GPI
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
167th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2003
All-time low
0.454 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
26
1970–2009

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kenya, 1970–2009

00.250.50.7511970198920091970: 0.454 GPI1971: 0.474 GPI1972: 0.507 GPI1973: 0.53 GPI1974: 0.553 GPI1975: 0.587 GPI1980: 0.704 GPI1981: 0.72 GPI1982: 0.713 GPI1983: 0.719 GPI1984: 0.751 GPI1985: 0.751 GPI1986: 0.786 GPI1987: 0.793 GPI1988: 0.801 GPI1999: 0.941 GPI2000: 0.936 GPI2001: 0.924 GPI2002: 0.941 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 0.924 GPI2005: 0.945 GPI2006: 0.922 GPI2007: 0.862 GPI2008: 0.902 GPI2009: 0.89 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Kenya recorded 0.8898 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2009.

The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kenya peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.454 GPI, in 1970.

That places Kenya 167th out of 195 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5176 GPI 0.454 GPI 0.5871 GPI 6
1980s 0.7485 GPI 0.7036 GPI 0.8007 GPI 9
1990s 0.9406 GPI 0.9406 GPI 0.9406 GPI 1
2000s 0.9261 GPI 0.8625 GPI 1.01 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 164 Nigeria 0.9023 GPI compare
  2. 165 Tajikistan 0.9014 GPI compare
  3. 166 Eritrea 0.8918 GPI compare
  4. 168 Mozambique 0.8854 GPI compare
  5. 169 Gabon 0.8792 GPI compare
  6. 170 Pakistan 0.8703 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 Kenya?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kenya was 0.8898 GPI in 2009, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2003.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 0.454 GPI in 1970.
How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Kenya ranks 167th out of 195 countries with data for 2009.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kenya 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.