Barbados vs Gambia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Barbados
0.9976 GPI
in 2019
Gambia
0.9991 GPI
in 2010
Barbados rank
102nd
Gambia rank
99th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Barbados
  • Gambia
00.250.50.751197119952019

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 0.9991 GPI against 0.9976 GPI in Barbados, a difference of 0.0015 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 102nd and Gambia ranks 99th of 193 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Gambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Gambia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9989 GPI 0.4398 GPI 0.5591 GPI Barbados
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.5334 GPI 0.4805 GPI Barbados
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0032 GPI Gambia
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9991 GPI 0.0091 GPI Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Barbados or Gambia?
Gambia, at 0.9991 GPI against 0.9976 GPI in Barbados as of 2010.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Barbados and Gambia?
0.0015 GPI, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Gambia?
17 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2010.
How do Barbados and Gambia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Barbados ranks 102nd and Gambia ranks 99th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 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.