Euro area vs Sao Tome and Principe: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Euro area
0.9943 GPI
in 2019
Sao Tome and Principe
1.05 GPI
in 2017
Euro area rank
20th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
19th

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

  • Euro area
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1.05 GPI against 0.9943 GPI in Euro area, a difference of 0.0557 GPI.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Euro area ahead.

Euro area ranks 20th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 19th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Euro area averaged higher in 3 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9732 GPI 0.8927 GPI 0.0805 GPI Euro area
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.9363 GPI 0.0687 GPI Euro area
2000s 0.9964 GPI 0.9948 GPI 0.0016 GPI Euro area
2010s 0.9941 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0269 GPI Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Euro area or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 1.05 GPI against 0.9943 GPI in Euro area as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Euro area and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.0557 GPI, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Sao Tome and Principe?
18 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Euro area and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Euro area ranks 20th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 19th of 45 groups.
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.