School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Congo, Republic of
Congo, Republic of: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9724 GPI in 2012. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Congo, Republic of, 1971β2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Congo, Republic of recorded 0.9724 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Congo, Republic of peaked at 0.9724 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.711 GPI, in 1971.
Congo, Republic of ranks 138th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7494 GPI | 0.711 GPI | 0.7877 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.8383 GPI | 0.7972 GPI | 0.8735 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.851 GPI | 0.8508 GPI | 0.8513 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8513 GPI | 0.8449 GPI | 0.8577 GPI | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9724 GPI | 0.9724 GPI | 0.9724 GPI | 1 |
Countries ranked near Congo, Republic of
- 135 San Marino, Republic of 0.9802 GPI compare
- 136 Burkina Faso 0.9784 GPI compare
- 137 Guatemala 0.9731 GPI compare
- 139 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9688 GPI compare
- 140 Zimbabwe 0.9611 GPI compare
- 141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9546 GPI compare
More education data for Congo, Republic of
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 23,019 (2023)
- 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 57.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Congo, Republic of?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Congo, Republic of was 0.9724 GPI in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Congo, Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9724 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Congo, Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.711 GPI in 1971.
- How does Congo, Republic of rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Congo, Republic of ranks 138th out of 175 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Congo, Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo, Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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.