Rwanda vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity

Rwanda
1.15 GPI
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa
1.09 GPI
in 2018
Rwanda rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
6th

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity over time

  • Rwanda
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
00.511.5197119942018

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1.15 GPI against 1.09 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.06 GPI.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Rwanda ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 154 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8746 GPI 0.9614 GPI 0.0868 GPI Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.9672 GPI 0.0449 GPI Rwanda
1990s 0.9533 GPI 0.9822 GPI 0.029 GPI Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 1.05 GPI 0.979 GPI 0.0728 GPI Rwanda
2010s 1.19 GPI 1.07 GPI 0.1136 GPI Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity, Rwanda or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Rwanda, at 1.15 GPI against 1.09 GPI in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity between Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.06 GPI, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity?
Rwanda ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 154 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, 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
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
199 places, 4,879 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Ratio of female survival rate to the last grade of primary education to the male survival rate to the last grade of primary education. 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.