Malawi vs Portugal: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Malawi
0.9786 GPI
in 2019
Portugal
0.9793 GPI
in 2018
Malawi rank
141st
Portugal rank
140th

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

  • Malawi
  • Portugal
00.250.50.751197119952019

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.9793 GPI against 0.9786 GPI in Malawi, a difference of 0.0007 GPI.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Portugal ahead.

Malawi ranks 141st and Portugal ranks 140th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 0.6412 GPI 0.9601 GPI 0.3189 GPI Portugal
1980s 0.7403 GPI 0.951 GPI 0.2107 GPI Portugal
1990s 0.8559 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.1561 GPI Portugal
2000s 0.9436 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0644 GPI Portugal
2010s 0.9897 GPI 0.9767 GPI 0.013 GPI Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Malawi or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.9793 GPI against 0.9786 GPI in Malawi as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Malawi and Portugal?
0.0007 GPI, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Portugal?
35 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do Malawi and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Malawi ranks 141st and Portugal ranks 140th 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.