School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania

Tanzania: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
51st
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.3849 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
32
1970–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511970199420191970: 0.41 GPI1971: 0.415 GPI1972: 0.385 GPI1973: 0.407 GPI1974: 0.442 GPI1975: 0.462 GPI1976: 0.528 GPI1977: 0.52 GPI1978: 0.521 GPI1979: 0.542 GPI1981: 0.542 GPI1982: 0.538 GPI1983: 0.551 GPI1985: 0.601 GPI1986: 0.633 GPI1987: 0.663 GPI1988: 0.703 GPI1989: 0.743 GPI1991: 0.765 GPI1992: 0.781 GPI1993: 0.783 GPI1994: 0.799 GPI1995: 0.81 GPI1996: 0.857 GPI1997: 0.806 GPI2010: 0.82 GPI2014: 0.963 GPI2015: 0.991 GPI2016: 0.989 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 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 Tanzania is 1.06 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 29.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3849 GPI, in 1972.

Tanzania ranks 51st of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.463 GPI 0.3849 GPI 0.5419 GPI 10
1980s 0.6218 GPI 0.5381 GPI 0.743 GPI 8
1990s 0.8002 GPI 0.7651 GPI 0.8567 GPI 7
2010s 0.9783 GPI 0.8196 GPI 1.06 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Tanzania

  1. 48 Costa Rica 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 49 Kuwait 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 50 Bahamas 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 52 Nepal 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 53 Panama 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 54 Armenia 1.06 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3849 GPI in 1972.
How does Tanzania rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Tanzania ranks 51st out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania 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.