Finland vs Sub-Saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Finland
1.09 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.9153 GPI
in 2017
Finland rank
33rd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
38th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Finland
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 1.09 GPI against 0.9153 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.1747 GPI.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.

Finland ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 1.03 GPI 0.7345 GPI 0.2934 GPI Finland
1980s 1.06 GPI 0.7707 GPI 0.293 GPI Finland
1990s 1.1 GPI 0.8131 GPI 0.2863 GPI Finland
2000s 1.08 GPI 0.8402 GPI 0.2369 GPI Finland
2010s 1.08 GPI 0.8993 GPI 0.1814 GPI Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Finland or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Finland, at 1.09 GPI against 0.9153 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Finland and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.1747 GPI, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sub-Saharan Africa?
44 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2017.
How do Finland and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Finland ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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 to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
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.