School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone stood at 1 GPI. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone peaked at 1 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5705 GPI, in 1973.
That places Sierra Leone 92nd out of 193 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5859 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.5944 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5705 GPI | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 0.5842 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.5784 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.5896 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.5955 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5985 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.6295 GPI | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 0.6304 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6386 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.659 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6431 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6623 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7127 GPI | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8948 GPI | +25.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9522 GPI | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9625 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9726 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9855 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1 GPI | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5871 GPI | 0.5705 GPI | 0.5985 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.6394 GPI | 0.6295 GPI | 0.659 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.6527 GPI | 0.6431 GPI | 0.6623 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7127 GPI | 0.7127 GPI | 0.7127 GPI | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9616 GPI | 0.8948 GPI | 1 GPI | 6 |
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More education data for Sierra Leone
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.44 % change on previous year (2002)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 15,753 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 30,822 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2,602 (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,439 (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.13 % change on previous year (2002)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sierra Leone was 1 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5705 GPI in 1973.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Sierra Leone ranks 92nd out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.