School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Rwanda

Rwanda: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.12 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.12 GPI
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
14th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.12 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7663 GPI
in 1984
Years of data
39
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Rwanda, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.963 GPI1976: 1.1 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1978: 1 GPI1979: 0.995 GPI1980: 0.801 GPI1981: 0.787 GPI1982: 0.801 GPI1983: 0.776 GPI1984: 0.766 GPI1985: 0.777 GPI1986: 0.786 GPI1987: 0.792 GPI1988: 0.799 GPI1989: 0.815 GPI1990: 0.818 GPI1991: 0.823 GPI1992: 0.813 GPI1999: 0.967 GPI2000: 0.894 GPI2001: 0.939 GPI2002: 0.955 GPI2003: 0.878 GPI2004: 0.898 GPI2005: 0.889 GPI2006: 0.905 GPI2007: 0.891 GPI2008: 0.893 GPI2009: 0.937 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Rwanda recorded 1.12 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Rwanda peaked at 1.12 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7663 GPI, in 1984.

Rwanda ranks 14th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.03 GPI 0.9632 GPI 1.08 GPI 5
1980s 0.79 GPI 0.7663 GPI 0.8149 GPI 10
1990s 0.8553 GPI 0.8128 GPI 0.9666 GPI 4
2000s 0.908 GPI 0.878 GPI 0.9552 GPI 10
2010s 1.08 GPI 1 GPI 1.12 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 11 Burundi 1.13 GPI compare
  2. 12 Honduras 1.12 GPI compare
  3. 13 Bermuda 1.12 GPI compare
  4. 15 Nicaragua 1.12 GPI compare
  5. 16 Namibia 1.12 GPI compare
  6. 17 Palau 1.12 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Rwanda?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Rwanda was 1.12 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 1.12 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7663 GPI in 1984.
How does Rwanda rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Rwanda ranks 14th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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.