School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar
Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar peaked at 1 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.821 GPI, in 1971.
Madagascar ranks 117th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.821 GPI | — |
| 1989 | 0.9379 GPI | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9474 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9427 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9468 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9524 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9538 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9577 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9668 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9683 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9812 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9859 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9885 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.821 GPI | 0.821 GPI | 0.821 GPI | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9379 GPI | 0.9379 GPI | 0.9379 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9474 GPI | 0.9474 GPI | 0.9474 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9507 GPI | 0.9427 GPI | 0.9577 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9824 GPI | 0.9668 GPI | 1 GPI | 6 |
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More education data for Madagascar
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 138,648 (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 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 132.74 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 132.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.821 GPI in 1971.
- How does Madagascar rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Madagascar ranks 117th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.