Sub-Saharan Africa vs United States of America: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Sub-Saharan Africa
0.9153 GPI
in 2017
United States of America
1.08 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
38th
United States of America rank
35th

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • United States of America
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 1.08 GPI against 0.9153 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.1647 GPI.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th and United States of America ranks 35th of 45 groups.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa United States of America Difference Ahead
1980s 0.7665 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.2814 GPI United States of America
1990s 0.8115 GPI 1.06 GPI 0.2527 GPI United States of America
2000s 0.8402 GPI 1.08 GPI 0.2436 GPI United States of America
2010s 0.8993 GPI 1.09 GPI 0.1865 GPI United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Sub-Saharan Africa or United States of America?
United States of America, at 1.08 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 Sub-Saharan Africa and United States of America?
0.1647 GPI, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and United States of America?
32 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2017.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and United States of America rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th and United States of America ranks 35th of 45 groups.
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.