School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Sudan
Sudan: School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity was 0.9578 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sudan, 2001–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sudan is 0.9578 GPI, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sudan peaked at 0.9578 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8351 GPI, in 2001.
Sudan ranks 158th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Sudan, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.8351 GPI | — |
| 2002 | 0.8806 GPI | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8769 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8788 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8944 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8925 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8626 GPI | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8779 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8828 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8866 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8929 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8818 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8983 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9052 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9245 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9357 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9578 GPI | +2.4% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 0.9578 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9103 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 0.9578 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9578 GPI, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8757 GPI | 0.8351 GPI | 0.8944 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9104 GPI | 0.8818 GPI | 0.9578 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More education data for Sudan
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 58.07 (2019)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 56.16 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 105,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 581,716 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 563,787 (2019)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.31 million (2019)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.23 million (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sudan?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sudan was 0.9578 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9578 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8351 GPI in 2001.
- How does Sudan rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Sudan ranks 158th out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.