School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8913 GPI in 2012. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, 1971–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.8913 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.8913 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4274 GPI, in 1971.
That places Ethiopia 154th out of 175 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4274 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.4344 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.4446 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6018 GPI | +35.3% |
| 1991 | 0.6876 GPI | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 0.6683 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6298 GPI | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5994 GPI | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 0.6049 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6421 GPI | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6671 GPI | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6772 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6738 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7043 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7485 GPI | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8295 GPI | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8588 GPI | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8619 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8791 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8913 GPI | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4355 GPI | 0.4274 GPI | 0.4446 GPI | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.6018 GPI | 0.6018 GPI | 0.6018 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.638 GPI | 0.5994 GPI | 0.6876 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7252 GPI | 0.6421 GPI | 0.8588 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8774 GPI | 0.8619 GPI | 0.8913 GPI | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- 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 0.0498 % change on previous year (2012)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 338,716 (2024)
- 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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia was 0.8913 GPI in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8913 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4274 GPI in 1971.
- How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Ethiopia ranks 154th out of 175 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.