Cape Verde vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index

Cape Verde
1.36 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.7941 GPI
in 2021
Cape Verde rank
43rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
40th

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 1.36 GPI against 0.7941 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.5659 GPI.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.

Cape Verde ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 187 countries.

Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 1.16 GPI 0.7008 GPI 0.46 GPI Cape Verde
2010s 1.33 GPI 0.7303 GPI 0.596 GPI Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index, Cape Verde or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Cape Verde, at 1.36 GPI against 0.7941 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index between Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.5659 GPI, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
19 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2018.
How do Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index?
Cape Verde ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 6,538 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.