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

Kenya
0.9413 GPI
in 2009
Nigeria
0.9272 GPI
in 2016
Kenya rank
165th
Nigeria rank
167th

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

  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.9413 GPI against 0.9272 GPI in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0141 GPI.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 165th and Nigeria ranks 167th of 193 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.6907 GPI 0.6223 GPI 0.0685 GPI Kenya
1980s 0.8877 GPI 0.739 GPI 0.1487 GPI Kenya
1990s 0.9567 GPI 0.8197 GPI 0.137 GPI Kenya
2000s 0.9459 GPI 0.8442 GPI 0.1017 GPI Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Kenya or Nigeria?
Kenya, at 0.9413 GPI against 0.9272 GPI in Nigeria as of 2009.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Kenya and Nigeria?
0.0141 GPI, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?
21 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2009.
How do Kenya and Nigeria rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Kenya ranks 165th 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.