School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Liberia

Liberia: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7547 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
0.7547 GPI
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
179th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.8134 GPI
in 2011
All-time low
0.2814 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
13
1970–2015

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Liberia, 1970–2015

0.20.40.60.81970199220151970: 0.286 GPI1971: 0.281 GPI1972: 0.283 GPI1975: 0.322 GPI1976: 0.31 GPI1978: 0.389 GPI1979: 0.375 GPI1980: 0.386 GPI1999: 0.653 GPI2000: 0.731 GPI2011: 0.813 GPI2014: 0.763 GPI2015: 0.755 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Liberia is 0.7547 GPI, measured in 2015.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Liberia peaked at 0.8134 GPI in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2814 GPI, in 1971.

That places Liberia 179th out of 195 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3208 GPI 0.2814 GPI 0.3888 GPI 7
1980s 0.3855 GPI 0.3855 GPI 0.3855 GPI 1
1990s 0.6531 GPI 0.6531 GPI 0.6531 GPI 1
2000s 0.7311 GPI 0.7311 GPI 0.7311 GPI 1
2010s 0.7769 GPI 0.7547 GPI 0.8134 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 176 Malawi 0.8081 GPI compare
  2. 177 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7907 GPI compare
  3. 178 Uganda 0.7785 GPI compare
  4. 180 Equatorial Guinea 0.7521 GPI compare
  5. 181 Benin 0.7502 GPI compare
  6. 182 Iraq 0.7419 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 Liberia?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Liberia was 0.7547 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 0.8134 GPI in 2011.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2814 GPI in 1971.
How does Liberia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Liberia ranks 179th out of 195 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Liberia?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Liberia 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.