School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.92 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, 1971–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.92 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2015.
That represents a change of up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.92 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4308 GPI, in 1971.
That places Ethiopia 168th out of 193 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4308 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.4381 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.4486 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6074 GPI | +35.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6976 GPI | +14.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7641 GPI | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7544 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.6752 GPI | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 0.6363 GPI | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.605 GPI | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6106 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6486 GPI | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6751 GPI | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6836 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.683 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7155 GPI | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7609 GPI | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7925 GPI | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8163 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8462 GPI | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8774 GPI | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8892 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9083 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.92 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.92 GPI | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4392 GPI | 0.4308 GPI | 0.4486 GPI | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.6074 GPI | 0.6074 GPI | 0.6074 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6776 GPI | 0.605 GPI | 0.7641 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.7499 GPI | 0.6486 GPI | 0.8774 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9094 GPI | 0.8892 GPI | 0.92 GPI | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 165 Kenya 0.9413 GPI compare
- 166 Tajikistan 0.9327 GPI compare
- 167 Nigeria 0.9272 GPI compare
- 169 Cambodia 0.9118 GPI compare
- 170 Mozambique 0.9103 GPI compare
- 171 Liechtenstein 0.9017 GPI compare
More education data for Ethiopia
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 0.0498 % change on previous year (2012)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 338,716 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ethiopia was 0.92 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.92 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4308 GPI in 1971.
- How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Ethiopia ranks 168th out of 193 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.