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

Macau, China
1.08 GPI
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.9153 GPI
in 2017
Macau, China rank
34th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
38th

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

  • Macau, China
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Macau, China currently reports 1.08 GPI against 0.9153 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.1647 GPI.

That makes Macau, China's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Macau, China ahead.

Macau, China ranks 34th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 175 countries.

Macau, China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Macau, China Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.9237 GPI 0.8114 GPI 0.1123 GPI Macau, China
2000s 0.8914 GPI 0.8402 GPI 0.0512 GPI Macau, China
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.8993 GPI 0.13 GPI Macau, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Macau, China or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Macau, China, at 1.08 GPI against 0.9153 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Macau, China and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.1647 GPI, with Macau, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and Sub-Saharan Africa?
22 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
How do Macau, China and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Macau, China ranks 34th 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.