School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of

Tanzania, United Republic of: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
37th
of 193 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.6401 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
32
1970–2019

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511970199420191970: 0.64 GPI1971: 0.64 GPI1972: 0.643 GPI1973: 0.66 GPI1974: 0.68 GPI1975: 0.717 GPI1976: 0.758 GPI1977: 0.792 GPI1978: 0.838 GPI1979: 0.866 GPI1981: 0.902 GPI1982: 0.924 GPI1983: 0.954 GPI1985: 0.984 GPI1986: 0.993 GPI1987: 0.986 GPI1988: 0.982 GPI1989: 0.977 GPI1991: 0.97 GPI1992: 0.96 GPI1993: 0.962 GPI1994: 0.969 GPI1995: 0.971 GPI1996: 0.976 GPI1997: 0.978 GPI2010: 0.973 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of stood at 1.03 GPI.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6401 GPI, in 1970.

That places Tanzania, United Republic of 37th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.6401 GPI
1971 0.6403 GPI +0.0%
1972 0.6427 GPI +0.4%
1973 0.6595 GPI +2.6%
1974 0.6798 GPI +3.1%
1975 0.7165 GPI +5.4%
1976 0.7585 GPI +5.9%
1977 0.7923 GPI +4.5%
1978 0.8385 GPI +5.8%
1979 0.8664 GPI +3.3%
1981 0.9015 GPI +4.1%
1982 0.9244 GPI +2.5%
1983 0.9538 GPI +3.2%
1985 0.9841 GPI +3.2%
1986 0.9931 GPI +0.9%
1987 0.9858 GPI -0.7%
1988 0.9825 GPI -0.3%
1989 0.977 GPI -0.6%
1991 0.9695 GPI -0.8%
1992 0.9598 GPI -1.0%
1993 0.9616 GPI +0.2%
1994 0.9686 GPI +0.7%
1995 0.971 GPI +0.2%
1996 0.9758 GPI +0.5%
1997 0.9777 GPI +0.2%
2010 0.9727 GPI -0.5%
2014 1.03 GPI +5.9%
2015 1.04 GPI +1.0%
2016 1.04 GPI -0.4%
2017 1.03 GPI -0.9%
2018 1.02 GPI -0.3%
2019 1.03 GPI +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7235 GPI 0.6401 GPI 0.8664 GPI 10
1980s 0.9628 GPI 0.9015 GPI 0.9931 GPI 8
1990s 0.9692 GPI 0.9598 GPI 0.9777 GPI 7
2010s 1.02 GPI 0.9727 GPI 1.04 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Tanzania, United Republic of

  1. 34 San Marino 1.03 GPI compare
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  3. 36 British Virgin Islands 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 38 Sweden 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 39 Bahamas 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 40 Philippines 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6401 GPI in 1970.
How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 37th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania, United Republic of 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.