Norway vs Sub-Saharan Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Norway
1.47 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.7488 GPI
in 2018
Norway rank
40th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
37th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Norway
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 1.47 GPI against 0.7488 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.7212 GPI.

That makes Norway's figure about 2.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Norway ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th of 177 countries.

Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.6318 GPI 0.6174 GPI 0.0144 GPI Norway
1980s 1.06 GPI 0.5361 GPI 0.5224 GPI Norway
1990s 1.27 GPI 0.604 GPI 0.6612 GPI Norway
2000s 1.53 GPI 0.6976 GPI 0.8278 GPI Norway
2010s 1.5 GPI 0.7164 GPI 0.7842 GPI Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Norway or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Norway, at 1.47 GPI against 0.7488 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Norway and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.7212 GPI, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sub-Saharan Africa?
48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Norway and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Norway ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th 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.