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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9256 GPI
in 2018
Sweden
1.03 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
41st
Sweden rank
38th

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

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

Sweden currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9256 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1044 GPI.

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

Across all 47 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 38th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7325 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.287 GPI Sweden
1980s 0.7754 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.2681 GPI Sweden
1990s 0.8208 GPI 1.08 GPI 0.256 GPI Sweden
2000s 0.8477 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.2021 GPI Sweden
2010s 0.9123 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.1246 GPI Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9256 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sweden?
0.1044 GPI, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sweden?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 38th of 45 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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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.