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

Panama
1.57 GPI
in 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.7488 GPI
in 2018
Panama rank
34th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
37th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Panama
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
0.50.7511.21.51.8197019942018

How they compare

Panama currently reports 1.57 GPI against 0.7488 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.8212 GPI.

That makes Panama's figure about 2.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 37 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.

Panama ranks 34th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Panama Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9931 GPI 0.6232 GPI 0.3698 GPI Panama
1980s 1.35 GPI 0.5389 GPI 0.8131 GPI Panama
1990s 1.55 GPI 0.6581 GPI 0.8955 GPI Panama
2000s 1.63 GPI 0.6976 GPI 0.9344 GPI Panama
2010s 1.56 GPI 0.7076 GPI 0.8523 GPI Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Panama or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Panama, at 1.57 GPI against 0.7488 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Panama and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.8212 GPI, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Sub-Saharan Africa?
37 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Panama and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Panama ranks 34th 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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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.