British Virgin Islands vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

British Virgin Islands
1.03 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
0.9257 GPI
in 2018
British Virgin Islands rank
36th
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
39th

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

  • British Virgin Islands
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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How they compare

British Virgin Islands currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9257 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.1043 GPI.

That makes British Virgin Islands's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 32 years both countries report, British Virgin Islands has been ahead every year.

British Virgin Islands ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 39th of 193 countries.

British Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade British Virgin Islands Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1970s 1.1 GPI 0.7286 GPI 0.3671 GPI British Virgin Islands
1980s 1.09 GPI 0.7631 GPI 0.3238 GPI British Virgin Islands
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.8192 GPI 0.1862 GPI British Virgin Islands
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.845 GPI 0.1636 GPI British Virgin Islands
2010s 0.9988 GPI 0.9152 GPI 0.0835 GPI British Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, British Virgin Islands or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
British Virgin Islands, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9257 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between British Virgin Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
0.1043 GPI, with British Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do British Virgin Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
British Virgin Islands ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 39th 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.