School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Uganda
Uganda: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9524 GPI in 2007. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Uganda, 1975–2007
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 0.9524 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2007. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Uganda peaked at 0.9524 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.6465 GPI, in 1975.
Uganda ranks 160th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Uganda, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.6465 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.6732 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6807 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.6877 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6946 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.712 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7014 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.781 GPI | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 0.7691 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7551 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8809 GPI | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 0.85 GPI | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9446 GPI | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9524 GPI | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6765 GPI | 0.6465 GPI | 0.6946 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.7315 GPI | 0.7014 GPI | 0.781 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.8138 GPI | 0.7551 GPI | 0.8809 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.9485 GPI | 0.9446 GPI | 0.9524 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- 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 207,238 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Uganda?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Uganda was 0.9524 GPI in 2007, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9524 GPI in 2007.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6465 GPI in 1975.
- How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Uganda ranks 160th out of 193 countries with data for 2007.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.