School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Somalia
Somalia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.5335 GPI in 2007. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Somalia, 1971–2007
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.5335 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2007.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Somalia peaked at 0.5596 GPI in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.2919 GPI, in 1971.
Somalia ranks 193rd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Somalia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.2919 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.2948 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.3159 GPI | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 0.3596 GPI | +13.9% |
| 1976 | 0.4949 GPI | +37.6% |
| 1977 | 0.5171 GPI | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 0.5466 GPI | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 0.5419 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.5596 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 0.536 GPI | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 0.5343 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5314 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.5493 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5347 GPI | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.5191 GPI | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5335 GPI | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4203 GPI | 0.2919 GPI | 0.5466 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.5378 GPI | 0.5191 GPI | 0.5596 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.5335 GPI | 0.5335 GPI | 0.5335 GPI | 1 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 190 Guinea-Bissau 0.6353 GPI compare
- 191 Afghanistan 0.6315 GPI compare
- 192 Angola 0.6284 GPI compare
More education data for Somalia
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,870 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Somalia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Somalia was 0.5335 GPI in 2007, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5596 GPI in 1980.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2919 GPI in 1971.
- How does Somalia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Somalia ranks 193rd out of 193 countries with data for 2007.
- Where does this Somalia 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.