School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nigeria

Nigeria: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9023 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9023 GPI
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
164th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.9145 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.35 GPI
in 1984
Years of data
33
1970–2016

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nigeria, 1970–2016

00.20.40.60.811970199320161970: 0.474 GPI1971: 0.474 GPI1972: 0.481 GPI1973: 0.53 GPI1977: 0.483 GPI1978: 0.534 GPI1979: 0.516 GPI1980: 0.469 GPI1981: 0.513 GPI1982: 0.55 GPI1983: 0.415 GPI1984: 0.35 GPI1986: 0.716 GPI1987: 0.778 GPI1989: 0.787 GPI1990: 0.772 GPI1999: 0.901 GPI2000: 0.836 GPI2001: 0.828 GPI2002: 0.758 GPI2004: 0.795 GPI2005: 0.831 GPI2006: 0.816 GPI2007: 0.766 GPI2008: 0.829 GPI2009: 0.864 GPI2010: 0.868 GPI2011: 0.853 GPI2012: 0.911 GPI2013: 0.91 GPI2014: 0.893 GPI2015: 0.915 GPI2016: 0.902 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 0.9023 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2016.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nigeria peaked at 0.9145 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.35 GPI, in 1984.

Nigeria ranks 164th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4988 GPI 0.4736 GPI 0.5337 GPI 7
1980s 0.5722 GPI 0.35 GPI 0.7867 GPI 8
1990s 0.8365 GPI 0.7716 GPI 0.9013 GPI 2
2000s 0.8136 GPI 0.7581 GPI 0.8638 GPI 9
2010s 0.893 GPI 0.853 GPI 0.9145 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 161 Maldives 0.91 GPI compare
  2. 162 Qatar 0.9089 GPI compare
  3. 163 Oman 0.9065 GPI compare
  4. 165 Tajikistan 0.9014 GPI compare
  5. 166 Eritrea 0.8918 GPI compare
  6. 167 Kenya 0.8898 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 Nigeria?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nigeria was 0.9023 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 0.9145 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.35 GPI in 1984.
How does Nigeria rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Nigeria ranks 164th out of 195 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria 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.