Sub-Saharan Africa vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Sub-Saharan Africa
0.9257 GPI
in 2018
Sweden
1.03 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
39th
Sweden rank
38th

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9257 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.1043 GPI.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

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

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 39th 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 Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7332 GPI 1.02 GPI 0.2863 GPI Sweden
1980s 0.7759 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.2677 GPI Sweden
1990s 0.8212 GPI 1.08 GPI 0.2556 GPI Sweden
2000s 0.8479 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.2018 GPI Sweden
2010s 0.9124 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.1245 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 or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9257 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
0.1043 GPI, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 39th 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.