School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.4832 GPI in 2014. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia, 1971β2014
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.4832 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2014. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.4832 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0818 GPI, in 1972.
Ethiopia ranks 168th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1017 GPI | 0.0818 GPI | 0.1414 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.1792 GPI | 0.1203 GPI | 0.2179 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.2435 GPI | 0.216 GPI | 0.2842 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.3303 GPI | 0.2707 GPI | 0.4413 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4538 GPI | 0.4297 GPI | 0.4832 GPI | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 165 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.5588 GPI compare
- 166 Togo 0.5304 GPI compare
- 167 Burkina Faso 0.5279 GPI compare
- 169 Yemen 0.4402 GPI compare
- 170 Benin 0.4376 GPI compare
- 171 Sierra Leone 0.4151 GPI compare
More education data for Ethiopia
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 84.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0026 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ethiopia was 0.4832 GPI in 2014, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4832 GPI in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0818 GPI in 1972.
- How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Ethiopia ranks 168th out of 177 countries with data for 2014.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.8%. 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, 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.