School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Uganda

Uganda: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7785 GPI in 2007. ▲ Rising

Latest (2007)
0.7785 GPI
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
178th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.7785 GPI
in 2007
All-time low
0.3512 GPI
in 1975
Years of data
14
1975–2007

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Uganda, 1975–2007

00.20.40.60.81975199120071975: 0.351 GPI1976: 0.375 GPI1977: 0.38 GPI1978: 0.387 GPI1979: 0.397 GPI1981: 0.444 GPI1982: 0.496 GPI1986: 0.53 GPI1990: 0.574 GPI1992: 0.587 GPI1994: 0.611 GPI1997: 0.636 GPI2004: 0.765 GPI2007: 0.779 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 0.7785 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2007. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Uganda peaked at 0.7785 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.3512 GPI, in 1975.

Uganda ranks 178th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Uganda, 1975 to 2007.
Year GPI Change
1975 0.3512 GPI —
1976 0.3748 GPI +6.7%
1977 0.3803 GPI +1.5%
1978 0.3874 GPI +1.8%
1979 0.3967 GPI +2.4%
1981 0.4444 GPI +12.0%
1982 0.4958 GPI +11.6%
1986 0.5296 GPI +6.8%
1990 0.5739 GPI +8.4%
1992 0.587 GPI +2.3%
1994 0.6112 GPI +4.1%
1997 0.6365 GPI +4.1%
2004 0.7652 GPI +20.2%
2007 0.7785 GPI +1.7%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 0.7785 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.8127 GPI, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 0.7785 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9023 GPI, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3781 GPI 0.3512 GPI 0.3967 GPI 5
1980s 0.4899 GPI 0.4444 GPI 0.5296 GPI 3
1990s 0.6021 GPI 0.5739 GPI 0.6365 GPI 4
2000s 0.7719 GPI 0.7652 GPI 0.7785 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 175 Mali 0.8127 GPI compare
  2. 176 Malawi 0.8081 GPI compare
  3. 177 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7907 GPI compare
  4. 179 Liberia 0.7547 GPI compare
  5. 180 Equatorial Guinea 0.7521 GPI compare
  6. 181 Benin 0.7502 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 Uganda?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Uganda was 0.7785 GPI in 2007, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 0.7785 GPI in 2007.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3512 GPI in 1975.
How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Uganda ranks 178th out of 195 countries with data for 2007.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda 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.