Madagascar vs Rwanda: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Madagascar
1 GPI
in 2018
Rwanda
0.9983 GPI
in 2019
Madagascar rank
117th
Rwanda rank
120th

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

  • Madagascar
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 1 GPI against 0.9983 GPI in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0017 GPI.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 117th and Rwanda ranks 120th of 175 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Rwanda Difference Ahead
1970s 0.821 GPI 0.7762 GPI 0.0448 GPI Madagascar
1980s 0.9379 GPI 0.9366 GPI 0.0013 GPI Madagascar
1990s 0.9474 GPI 0.942 GPI 0.0054 GPI Madagascar
2000s 0.9577 GPI 1 GPI 0.046 GPI Rwanda
2010s 0.9824 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0318 GPI Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Madagascar or Rwanda?
Madagascar, at 1 GPI against 0.9983 GPI in Rwanda as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Madagascar and Rwanda?
0.0017 GPI, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Rwanda?
10 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Madagascar and Rwanda rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Madagascar ranks 117th and Rwanda ranks 120th 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.