North America vs Samoa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

North America
0.9957 GPI
in 2019
Samoa
1.06 GPI
in 2016
North America rank
15th
Samoa rank
12th

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

  • North America
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1.06 GPI against 0.9957 GPI in North America, a difference of 0.0643 GPI.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times North America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1980 it was North America ahead.

North America ranks 15th and Samoa ranks 12th of 43 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, North America averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade North America Samoa Difference Ahead
1980s 1.03 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.0106 GPI North America
1990s 1.01 GPI 1.08 GPI 0.0704 GPI Samoa
2000s 1 GPI 1.07 GPI 0.0634 GPI Samoa
2010s 1 GPI 1.06 GPI 0.0566 GPI Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, North America or Samoa?
Samoa, at 1.06 GPI against 0.9957 GPI in North America as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between North America and Samoa?
0.0643 GPI, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Samoa?
22 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2016.
How do North America and Samoa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
North America ranks 15th and Samoa ranks 12th of 43 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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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.