School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sudan

Sudan: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
105th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.8133 GPI
in 2001
Years of data
17
2001–2017

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sudan, 2001–2017

00.250.50.7512001200920172001: 0.813 GPI2002: 0.961 GPI2003: 0.916 GPI2004: 0.925 GPI2005: 0.93 GPI2006: 0.956 GPI2007: 0.914 GPI2008: 0.9 GPI2009: 0.868 GPI2010: 0.867 GPI2011: 0.913 GPI2012: 0.91 GPI2013: 0.943 GPI2014: 0.909 GPI2015: 0.985 GPI2016: 0.98 GPI2017: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Sudan recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sudan peaked at 1 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8133 GPI, in 2001.

Sudan ranks 105th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sudan, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Sudan, 2001 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
2001 0.8133 GPI —
2002 0.9611 GPI +18.2%
2003 0.9162 GPI -4.7%
2004 0.9251 GPI +1.0%
2005 0.9298 GPI +0.5%
2006 0.9564 GPI +2.9%
2007 0.914 GPI -4.4%
2008 0.8999 GPI -1.5%
2009 0.8679 GPI -3.6%
2010 0.8667 GPI -0.1%
2011 0.9134 GPI +5.4%
2012 0.9102 GPI -0.3%
2013 0.9432 GPI +3.6%
2014 0.909 GPI -3.6%
2015 0.9849 GPI +8.4%
2016 0.9801 GPI -0.5%
2017 1 GPI +2.4%

Sudan compared with similar countries

  • Sudan's 1 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8127 GPI, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Sudan's 1 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9023 GPI, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.9093 GPI 0.8133 GPI 0.9611 GPI 9
2010s 0.9388 GPI 0.8667 GPI 1 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Sudan

  1. 102 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 103 Denmark 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 104 France 1 GPI compare
  4. 106 Malta 1 GPI compare
  5. 107 Romania 1 GPI compare
  6. 108 Chile 1 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 Sudan?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Sudan was 1 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8133 GPI in 2001.
How does Sudan rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Sudan ranks 105th out of 195 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan 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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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.