School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mali
Mali: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8382 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mali, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Mali recorded 0.8382 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mali peaked at 0.8382 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5101 GPI, in 1971.
Mali ranks 162nd of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mali, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5101 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.5143 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.5185 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.5237 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.5199 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.5324 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5318 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.5572 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 0.5774 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 0.5719 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.5712 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.5589 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.5846 GPI | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6312 GPI | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6255 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.619 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6512 GPI | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6655 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6929 GPI | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7534 GPI | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7574 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7726 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7952 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8017 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8332 GPI | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8126 GPI | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8382 GPI | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5167 GPI | 0.5101 GPI | 0.5237 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.5437 GPI | 0.5199 GPI | 0.5774 GPI | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.6088 GPI | 0.5589 GPI | 0.6655 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.7346 GPI | 0.6929 GPI | 0.7574 GPI | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8089 GPI | 0.7726 GPI | 0.8382 GPI | 6 |
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More education data for Mali
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 59,920 (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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 45.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 72.8 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 72.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mali?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Mali was 0.8382 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8382 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5101 GPI in 1971.
- How does Mali rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Mali ranks 162nd out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.