School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Nigeria
Nigeria: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8914 GPI in 2011. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Nigeria, 1986–2011
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Nigeria is 0.8914 GPI, measured in 2011.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Nigeria peaked at 0.8981 GPI in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.7822 GPI, in 1986.
Nigeria ranks 153rd of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 0.7822 GPI | — |
| 1987 | 0.7997 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8099 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8181 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8051 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8205 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8153 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8272 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8981 GPI | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8914 GPI | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7972 GPI | 0.7822 GPI | 0.8099 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.8181 GPI | 0.8181 GPI | 0.8181 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.817 GPI | 0.8051 GPI | 0.8272 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8947 GPI | 0.8914 GPI | 0.8981 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 150 Solomon Islands 0.9107 GPI compare
- 151 Eswatini 0.9085 GPI compare
- 152 Mozambique 0.9062 GPI compare
- 154 Ethiopia 0.8913 GPI compare
- 155 Tajikistan 0.8876 GPI compare
- 156 Cambodia 0.8869 GPI compare
More education data for Nigeria
- 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 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 913,305 (2021)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Nigeria?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Nigeria was 0.8914 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8981 GPI in 2010.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7822 GPI in 1986.
- How does Nigeria rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Nigeria ranks 153rd out of 175 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.