Samoa vs Small states: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Samoa
1.06 GPI
in 2016
Small states
0.9972 GPI
in 2019
Samoa rank
12th
Small states rank
14th

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

  • Samoa
  • Small states
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1.06 GPI against 0.9972 GPI in Small states, a difference of 0.0628 GPI.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Small states's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 12th and Small states ranks 14th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Small states Difference Ahead
1970s 1.05 GPI 0.9829 GPI 0.0717 GPI Samoa
1980s 1.02 GPI 0.9886 GPI 0.0311 GPI Samoa
1990s 1.08 GPI 0.971 GPI 0.1074 GPI Samoa
2000s 1.07 GPI 0.9718 GPI 0.0948 GPI Samoa
2010s 1.06 GPI 0.9927 GPI 0.0653 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, Samoa or Small states?
Samoa, at 1.06 GPI against 0.9972 GPI in Small states as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Samoa and Small states?
0.0628 GPI, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Small states?
28 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Samoa and Small states rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Samoa ranks 12th and Small states ranks 14th 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.