School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Togo
Togo: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.8595 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Togo, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Togo is 0.8595 GPI, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Togo peaked at 0.8595 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4235 GPI, in 1971.
That places Togo 181st out of 193 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Togo, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4235 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.4367 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.45 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4612 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.467 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.4821 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4897 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.4991 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.5192 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 0.5298 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.5546 GPI | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 0.5568 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.5522 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.5436 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.5334 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.5369 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.5419 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5484 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.5617 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.563 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5814 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.58 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.5944 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.604 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.6209 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.6531 GPI | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6749 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6844 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.7042 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.7112 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7204 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7321 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7431 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7402 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8595 GPI | +16.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4698 GPI | 0.4235 GPI | 0.5192 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.5442 GPI | 0.5298 GPI | 0.5568 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5948 GPI | 0.5617 GPI | 0.6531 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.7138 GPI | 0.6749 GPI | 0.7431 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8595 GPI | 0.8595 GPI | 0.8595 GPI | 1 |
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More education data for Togo
- 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 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 36,787 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Togo?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Togo was 0.8595 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8595 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4235 GPI in 1971.
- How does Togo rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Togo ranks 181st out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.