School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eswatini
Eswatini: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9461 GPI in 2016. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eswatini, 1970–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2016, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eswatini stood at 0.9461 GPI.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eswatini peaked at 0.959 GPI in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.8628 GPI, in 1972.
That places Eswatini 164th out of 193 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8834 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8751 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.8628 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.8819 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.8836 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.8972 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.9072 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.9217 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.959 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9577 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9516 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9511 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.93 GPI | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9345 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9113 GPI | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9151 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9015 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8713 GPI | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8819 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8848 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8794 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8988 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9103 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9216 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9279 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9461 GPI | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8891 GPI | 0.8628 GPI | 0.9217 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.9584 GPI | 0.9577 GPI | 0.959 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9165 GPI | 0.8713 GPI | 0.9516 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9098 GPI | 0.8794 GPI | 0.9461 GPI | 7 |
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More education data for Eswatini
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0994 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,880 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eswatini?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Eswatini was 0.9461 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.959 GPI in 1998.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8628 GPI in 1972.
- How does Eswatini rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Eswatini ranks 164th out of 193 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.