Kiribati vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Kiribati
1.07 GPI
in 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9152 GPI
in 2017
Kiribati rank
42nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
40th

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

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

Kiribati currently reports 1.07 GPI against 0.9152 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1548 GPI.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.

Kiribati ranks 42nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 175 countries.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9485 GPI 0.73 GPI 0.2185 GPI Kiribati
1980s 0.9967 GPI 0.7702 GPI 0.2265 GPI Kiribati
1990s 1.05 GPI 0.8115 GPI 0.2357 GPI Kiribati
2000s 1.08 GPI 0.8364 GPI 0.246 GPI Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Kiribati or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Kiribati, at 1.07 GPI against 0.9152 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2008.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Kiribati and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.1548 GPI, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
31 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2008.
How do Kiribati and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Kiribati ranks 42nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th 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.