School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9677 GPI in 2013. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe, 1970–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2013, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe stood at 0.9677 GPI. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.9677 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.8067 GPI, in 1970.
Zimbabwe ranks 153rd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8067 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.8138 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.81 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.8152 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.8249 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.8372 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.8459 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.862 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.8679 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.8727 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.9078 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8922 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.8923 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8791 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.8854 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8875 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.9011 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.9063 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.9178 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.967 GPI | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9227 GPI | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 0.9404 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.9453 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9482 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9453 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.943 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9424 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9422 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9496 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9655 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9677 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8356 GPI | 0.8067 GPI | 0.8727 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8966 GPI | 0.8791 GPI | 0.9178 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9448 GPI | 0.9227 GPI | 0.967 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9443 GPI | 0.9422 GPI | 0.9496 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9666 GPI | 0.9655 GPI | 0.9677 GPI | 2 |
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More education data for Zimbabwe
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 90,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.3% (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 Zimbabwe?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Zimbabwe was 0.9677 GPI in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9677 GPI in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8067 GPI in 1970.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Zimbabwe ranks 153rd out of 193 countries with data for 2013.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.