Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Namibia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.27 GPI
in 2019
Namibia
2.01 GPI
in 2017
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
7th
Namibia rank
9th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 2.01 GPI against 1.27 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.74 GPI.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.6 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Namibia ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th and Namibia ranks 9th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Namibia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Namibia Difference Ahead
1990s 1.09 GPI 1.4 GPI 0.3092 GPI Namibia
2000s 1.19 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.1533 GPI Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 1.26 GPI 1.8 GPI 0.5404 GPI Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Namibia?
Namibia, at 2.01 GPI against 1.27 GPI in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Namibia?
0.74 GPI, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Namibia?
15 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2017.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Namibia rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 7th and Namibia ranks 9th of 45 groups.
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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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.