School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Liberia
Liberia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.8482 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Liberia, 1970–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Liberia is 0.8482 GPI, measured in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Liberia peaked at 0.8757 GPI in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3908 GPI, in 1970.
Liberia ranks 182nd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Liberia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3908 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.401 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.4187 GPI | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.4443 GPI | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 0.4321 GPI | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.501 GPI | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 0.5082 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4933 GPI | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.7239 GPI | +46.7% |
| 2000 | 0.7329 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8757 GPI | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8615 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8482 GPI | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4423 GPI | 0.3908 GPI | 0.5082 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.4933 GPI | 0.4933 GPI | 0.4933 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7239 GPI | 0.7239 GPI | 0.7239 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7329 GPI | 0.7329 GPI | 0.7329 GPI | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8618 GPI | 0.8482 GPI | 0.8757 GPI | 3 |
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More education data for Liberia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 151.16 % change on previous year (2000)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5,838 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 31,372 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 16,718 (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 27,165 (2012)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Liberia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Liberia was 0.8482 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8757 GPI in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3908 GPI in 1970.
- How does Liberia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Liberia ranks 182nd out of 193 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.