Mauritius vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Mauritius
1.02 GPI
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9256 GPI
in 2018
Mauritius rank
44th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
41st

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

  • Mauritius
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 1.02 GPI against 0.9256 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0944 GPI.

That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Mauritius has been ahead every year.

Mauritius ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9329 GPI 0.7325 GPI 0.2005 GPI Mauritius
1980s 0.9699 GPI 0.7768 GPI 0.1931 GPI Mauritius
1990s 1 GPI 0.8196 GPI 0.1847 GPI Mauritius
2000s 0.9995 GPI 0.8477 GPI 0.1518 GPI Mauritius
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9123 GPI 0.1182 GPI Mauritius

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Mauritius or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Mauritius, at 1.02 GPI against 0.9256 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Mauritius and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0944 GPI, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
42 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Mauritius and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Mauritius ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st 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.