School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Madagascar
Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Madagascar, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Madagascar stood at 1.02 GPI. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Madagascar peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8254 GPI, in 1971.
Madagascar ranks 57th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8254 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.8275 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.8383 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9219 GPI | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 0.9437 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.9529 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9479 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9525 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9545 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9559 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9595 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9685 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9703 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9842 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9891 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9917 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPI | +0.9% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1.02 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9103 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1.02 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9578 GPI, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8304 GPI | 0.8254 GPI | 0.8383 GPI | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.9328 GPI | 0.9219 GPI | 0.9437 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.9529 GPI | 0.9529 GPI | 0.9529 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.954 GPI | 0.9479 GPI | 0.9595 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9894 GPI | 0.9685 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 7 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More education data for Madagascar
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.77 (2020)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.6 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 78,148 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 507,363 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 544,966 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.62 million (2021)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Madagascar?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Madagascar was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8254 GPI in 1971.
- How does Madagascar rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Madagascar ranks 57th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.