School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Eritrea
Eritrea: School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity was 0.8698 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eritrea, 1993–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.8698 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eritrea peaked at 0.9087 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.7165 GPI, in 2004.
Eritrea ranks 176th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.8263 GPI | — |
| 1994 | 0.7547 GPI | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 0.751 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7748 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.7597 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.7593 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7594 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7708 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7414 GPI | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7531 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.7165 GPI | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7335 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7412 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7974 GPI | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7907 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7897 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.812 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8132 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8138 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9087 GPI | +11.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8246 GPI | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8444 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8654 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8698 GPI | +0.5% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.8698 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9103 GPI, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.8698 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9578 GPI, 91% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.771 GPI | 0.751 GPI | 0.8263 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.7594 GPI | 0.7165 GPI | 0.7974 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.844 GPI | 0.812 GPI | 0.9087 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More education data for Eritrea
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 56.5 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 59.62 (2022)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9,725 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 266,829 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eritrea?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eritrea was 0.8698 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9087 GPI in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7165 GPI in 2004.
- How does Eritrea rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Eritrea ranks 176th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.