School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9607 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9607 GPI
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
143rd
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.9607 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.3782 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
21
1971–2017

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone, 1971–2017

00.20.40.60.811971199420171971: 0.378 GPI1972: 0.393 GPI1973: 0.41 GPI1974: 0.426 GPI1975: 0.435 GPI1976: 0.451 GPI1977: 0.454 GPI1978: 0.461 GPI1984: 0.48 GPI1985: 0.479 GPI1988: 0.513 GPI1989: 0.506 GPI1990: 0.526 GPI1991: 0.577 GPI2001: 0.727 GPI2011: 0.752 GPI2012: 0.86 GPI2013: 0.871 GPI2015: 0.875 GPI2016: 0.925 GPI2017: 0.961 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone stood at 0.9607 GPI. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.9607 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.3782 GPI, in 1971.

That places Sierra Leone 143rd out of 195 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4261 GPI 0.3782 GPI 0.4614 GPI 8
1980s 0.4945 GPI 0.4795 GPI 0.513 GPI 4
1990s 0.5516 GPI 0.5265 GPI 0.5767 GPI 2
2000s 0.7269 GPI 0.7269 GPI 0.7269 GPI 1
2010s 0.8738 GPI 0.7516 GPI 0.9607 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 140 Bulgaria 0.9667 GPI compare
  2. 141 Iran 0.9636 GPI compare
  3. 142 Guatemala 0.962 GPI compare
  4. 144 San Marino 0.9605 GPI compare
  5. 145 Norway 0.9592 GPI compare
  6. 146 Gambia 0.9586 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone was 0.9607 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 0.9607 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3782 GPI in 1971.
How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Sierra Leone ranks 143rd out of 195 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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.