School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.6353 GPI in 2000. ▲ Rising

Latest (2000)
0.6353 GPI
World rank
190th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.6353 GPI
in 2000
All-time low
0.4233 GPI
in 1982
Years of data
15
1971–2000

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, 1971–2000

00.20.40.61971198520001971: 0.439 GPI1972: 0.624 GPI1976: 0.531 GPI1978: 0.462 GPI1979: 0.437 GPI1980: 0.436 GPI1981: 0.431 GPI1982: 0.423 GPI1983: 0.449 GPI1984: 0.447 GPI1985: 0.469 GPI1987: 0.514 GPI1988: 0.515 GPI1989: 0.543 GPI2000: 0.635 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2000, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau stood at 0.6353 GPI. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 17.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.6353 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4233 GPI, in 1982.

That places Guinea-Bissau 190th out of 193 countries with data for 2000, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Guinea-Bissau, 1971 to 2000.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.4393 GPI
1972 0.6245 GPI +42.1%
1976 0.5313 GPI -14.9%
1978 0.4621 GPI -13.0%
1979 0.4367 GPI -5.5%
1980 0.4355 GPI -0.3%
1981 0.4308 GPI -1.1%
1982 0.4233 GPI -1.7%
1983 0.4492 GPI +6.1%
1984 0.4467 GPI -0.5%
1985 0.4694 GPI +5.1%
1987 0.5143 GPI +9.6%
1988 0.5152 GPI +0.2%
1989 0.5428 GPI +5.4%
2000 0.6353 GPI +17.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4988 GPI 0.4367 GPI 0.6245 GPI 5
1980s 0.4697 GPI 0.4233 GPI 0.5428 GPI 9
2000s 0.6353 GPI 0.6353 GPI 0.6353 GPI 1

Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau

  1. 187 Guinea 0.7713 GPI compare
  2. 188 Central African Republic 0.7597 GPI compare
  3. 189 Chad 0.7158 GPI compare
  4. 191 Afghanistan 0.6315 GPI compare
  5. 192 Angola 0.6284 GPI compare
  6. 193 Somalia 0.5335 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau was 0.6353 GPI in 2000, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The highest recorded value was 0.6353 GPI in 2000.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4233 GPI in 1982.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 190th out of 193 countries with data for 2000.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.