Botswana vs South Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Botswana
1.43 GPI
in 2019
South Africa
1.45 GPI
in 2018
Botswana rank
45th
South Africa rank
43rd

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Botswana
  • South Africa
0.250.50.7511.21.5197219952019

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.45 GPI against 1.43 GPI in Botswana, a difference of 0.02 GPI.

Across all 6 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 43rd of 177 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.666 GPI 0.8723 GPI 0.2063 GPI South Africa
2010s 1.31 GPI 1.41 GPI 0.0986 GPI South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Botswana or South Africa?
South Africa, at 1.45 GPI against 1.43 GPI in Botswana as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Botswana and South Africa?
0.02 GPI, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and South Africa?
6 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2017.
How do Botswana and South Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Botswana ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 43rd of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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.