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

Ethiopia
0.92 GPI
in 2015
Nigeria
0.9272 GPI
in 2016
Ethiopia rank
168th
Nigeria rank
167th

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

  • Ethiopia
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.9272 GPI against 0.92 GPI in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0072 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Nigeria ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 168th and Nigeria ranks 167th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4345 GPI 0.6237 GPI 0.1893 GPI Nigeria
1980s 0.6074 GPI 0.6572 GPI 0.0498 GPI Nigeria
1990s 0.6106 GPI 0.8197 GPI 0.2091 GPI Nigeria
2000s 0.7574 GPI 0.8442 GPI 0.0868 GPI Nigeria
2010s 0.9058 GPI 0.9221 GPI 0.0163 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, Ethiopia or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.9272 GPI against 0.92 GPI in Ethiopia as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Ethiopia and Nigeria?
0.0072 GPI, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Nigeria?
16 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2012.
How do Ethiopia and Nigeria rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Ethiopia ranks 168th 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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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.