Burkina Faso vs Ghana: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Burkina Faso
1.01 GPI
in 2019
Ghana
1.01 GPI
in 2019
Burkina Faso rank
82nd
Ghana rank
81st

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

  • Burkina Faso
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 1.01 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0 GPI.

Across all 32 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 82nd and Ghana ranks 81st of 193 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Ghana Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5824 GPI 0.7504 GPI 0.168 GPI Ghana
1980s 0.5908 GPI 0.7479 GPI 0.1571 GPI Ghana
1990s 0.6815 GPI 0.8726 GPI 0.1911 GPI Ghana
2000s 0.7732 GPI 0.9189 GPI 0.1457 GPI Ghana
2010s 0.9512 GPI 0.9797 GPI 0.0285 GPI Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Burkina Faso or Ghana?
Ghana, at 1.01 GPI against 1.01 GPI in Burkina Faso as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Burkina Faso and Ghana?
0 GPI, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Ghana?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Burkina Faso and Ghana rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Burkina Faso ranks 82nd and Ghana ranks 81st 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.