School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Eritrea
Eritrea: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.839 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Eritrea, 1995–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Eritrea is 0.839 GPI, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Eritrea peaked at 0.839 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7107 GPI, in 2004.
Eritrea ranks 161st of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.736 GPI | — |
| 1996 | 0.7585 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7401 GPI | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7449 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.749 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7233 GPI | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7107 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7804 GPI | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7995 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8153 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.839 GPI | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7449 GPI | 0.736 GPI | 0.7585 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7417 GPI | 0.7107 GPI | 0.7804 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8179 GPI | 0.7995 GPI | 0.839 GPI | 3 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,025 (2022)
- 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 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 89.73 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 89.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Eritrea?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Eritrea was 0.839 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.839 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7107 GPI in 2004.
- How does Eritrea rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Eritrea ranks 161st out of 175 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.