Benin vs Eritrea: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Benin
0.8661 GPI
in 2016
Eritrea
0.8698 GPI
in 2018
Benin rank
178th
Eritrea rank
176th

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

  • Benin
  • Eritrea
00.20.40.60.81197119942018

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.8698 GPI against 0.8661 GPI in Benin, a difference of 0.0037 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Eritrea ahead.

Benin ranks 178th and Eritrea ranks 176th of 193 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Eritrea Difference Ahead
1990s 0.6063 GPI 0.7593 GPI 0.153 GPI Eritrea
2000s 0.6486 GPI 0.7482 GPI 0.0996 GPI Eritrea
2010s 0.8239 GPI 0.8477 GPI 0.0238 GPI Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Benin or Eritrea?
Eritrea, at 0.8698 GPI against 0.8661 GPI in Benin as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Benin and Eritrea?
0.0037 GPI, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Eritrea?
10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2015.
How do Benin and Eritrea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Benin ranks 178th and Eritrea ranks 176th 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.