School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Guinea
Guinea: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.7413 GPI in 2014. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Guinea, 1971–2014
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2014, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Guinea stood at 0.7413 GPI. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Guinea peaked at 0.7413 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3924 GPI, in 1971.
That places Guinea 169th out of 175 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Guinea, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3924 GPI | — |
| 1981 | 0.4382 GPI | +11.7% |
| 1982 | 0.439 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.4282 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.4186 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 0.408 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.3979 GPI | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.3939 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.3969 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.4106 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.4192 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4354 GPI | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.4718 GPI | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6422 GPI | +36.1% |
| 2005 | 0.668 GPI | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6745 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6895 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7216 GPI | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7413 GPI | +2.7% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 0.7413 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9957 GPI, 74% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 0.7413 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9378 GPI, 79% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +36.1% | 0.4718 GPI | 0.6422 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3924 GPI | 0.3924 GPI | 0.3924 GPI | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4177 GPI | 0.3939 GPI | 0.439 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.4268 GPI | 0.3969 GPI | 0.4718 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.6685 GPI | 0.6422 GPI | 0.6895 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.7314 GPI | 0.7216 GPI | 0.7413 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More education data for Guinea
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 78.94 (2020)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 85.27 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19,322 (2011)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 256,207 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 103,162 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 99,093 (2020)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 715,702 (2014)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.11 million (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.81 % change on previous year (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Guinea?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Guinea was 0.7413 GPI in 2014, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7413 GPI in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3924 GPI in 1971.
- How does Guinea rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Guinea ranks 169th out of 175 countries with data for 2014.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea 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.