School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Senegal

Senegal: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.13 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.13 GPI
World rank
10th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.4089 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
32
1971–2019

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

00.250.50.7511.21971199520191971: 0.409 GPI1972: 0.421 GPI1978: 0.469 GPI1979: 0.481 GPI1980: 0.487 GPI1981: 0.493 GPI1982: 0.514 GPI1983: 0.499 GPI1984: 0.493 GPI1985: 0.499 GPI1986: 0.497 GPI1988: 0.507 GPI1989: 0.498 GPI1990: 0.509 GPI1992: 0.534 GPI1996: 0.605 GPI1997: 0.6 GPI1998: 0.617 GPI1999: 0.642 GPI2000: 0.65 GPI2001: 0.659 GPI2002: 0.668 GPI2004: 0.716 GPI2005: 0.747 GPI2006: 0.759 GPI2008: 0.791 GPI2010: 0.873 GPI2011: 0.918 GPI2012: 0.942 GPI2013: 0.969 GPI2014: 0.996 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Senegal is 1.13 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 1.13 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4089 GPI, in 1971.

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

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4451 GPI 0.4089 GPI 0.4812 GPI 4
1980s 0.4985 GPI 0.4867 GPI 0.5138 GPI 9
1990s 0.5847 GPI 0.5095 GPI 0.6419 GPI 6
2000s 0.7129 GPI 0.6504 GPI 0.7907 GPI 7
2010s 0.9713 GPI 0.8727 GPI 1.13 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 7 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 GPI compare
  2. 8 Tunisia 1.14 GPI compare
  3. 9 Bhutan 1.14 GPI compare
  4. 11 Burundi 1.13 GPI compare
  5. 12 Honduras 1.12 GPI compare
  6. 13 Bermuda 1.12 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 Senegal?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Senegal was 1.13 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4089 GPI in 1971.
How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Senegal ranks 10th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is up 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Senegal 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.