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

Cameroon
0.878 GPI
in 2016
Eritrea
0.8698 GPI
in 2018
Cameroon rank
174th
Eritrea rank
176th

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

  • Cameroon
  • Eritrea
00.20.40.60.81197119942018

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.878 GPI against 0.8698 GPI in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0082 GPI.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 174th and Eritrea ranks 176th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Eritrea Difference Ahead
1990s 0.8397 GPI 0.7567 GPI 0.083 GPI Cameroon
2000s 0.8348 GPI 0.7594 GPI 0.0755 GPI Cameroon
2010s 0.8672 GPI 0.824 GPI 0.0433 GPI Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Cameroon or Eritrea?
Cameroon, at 0.878 GPI against 0.8698 GPI in Eritrea as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Cameroon and Eritrea?
0.0082 GPI, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Eritrea?
16 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2015.
How do Cameroon and Eritrea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Cameroon ranks 174th 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.