School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.951 GPI in 2013. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe, 1970–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2013, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe stood at 0.951 GPI. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.951 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.6385 GPI, in 1972.
Zimbabwe ranks 150th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7069 GPI | 0.6385 GPI | 0.8302 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.706 GPI | 0.6816 GPI | 0.7396 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.833 GPI | 0.7909 GPI | 0.8829 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8634 GPI | 0.854 GPI | 0.8697 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9441 GPI | 0.9373 GPI | 0.951 GPI | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe?
- School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe was 0.951 GPI in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.951 GPI in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6385 GPI in 1972.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
- Zimbabwe ranks 150th out of 195 countries with data for 2013.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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
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.