School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Gabon
Gabon: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9674 GPI in 1999. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Gabon, 1971–1999
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Gabon is 0.9674 GPI, measured in 1999.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Gabon peaked at 0.9764 GPI in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.8308 GPI, in 1971.
Gabon ranks 154th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Gabon, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8308 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.8335 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8392 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.8371 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.8573 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.8693 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8731 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8813 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.9009 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.9025 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.9026 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.9056 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.911 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.9193 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.9178 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.9275 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.9331 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.9714 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9764 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.9559 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9738 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.9653 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9674 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8527 GPI | 0.8308 GPI | 0.8813 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.9192 GPI | 0.9009 GPI | 0.9714 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9677 GPI | 0.9559 GPI | 0.9764 GPI | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More education data for Gabon
- 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 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10,935 (2019)
- 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 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Gabon?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Gabon was 0.9674 GPI in 1999, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9764 GPI in 1994.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8308 GPI in 1971.
- How does Gabon rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Gabon ranks 154th out of 193 countries with data for 1999.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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.