Eswatini vs Nigeria: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Eswatini
0.9461 GPI
in 2016
Nigeria
0.9272 GPI
in 2016
Eswatini rank
164th
Nigeria rank
167th

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

  • Eswatini
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 0.9461 GPI against 0.9272 GPI in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0189 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 164th and Nigeria ranks 167th of 193 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.885 GPI 0.6412 GPI 0.2438 GPI Eswatini
1990s 0.9577 GPI 0.8197 GPI 0.138 GPI Eswatini
2000s 0.9142 GPI 0.8392 GPI 0.0751 GPI Eswatini
2010s 0.9068 GPI 0.9321 GPI 0.0252 GPI Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Eswatini or Nigeria?
Eswatini, at 0.9461 GPI against 0.9272 GPI in Nigeria as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Eswatini and Nigeria?
0.0189 GPI, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Nigeria?
20 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Eswatini and Nigeria rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Eswatini ranks 164th and Nigeria ranks 167th 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.