School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Gabon
Gabon: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.5873 GPI in 2003. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Gabon, 1971β2003
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 0.5873 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2003.
The figure is down 14.0% on the previous year and up 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Gabon peaked at 0.6832 GPI in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.1628 GPI, in 1972.
Gabon ranks 162nd of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2211 GPI | 0.1628 GPI | 0.2901 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.3746 GPI | 0.2838 GPI | 0.4394 GPI | 6 |
| 1990s | 0.4959 GPI | 0.4279 GPI | 0.5638 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6352 GPI | 0.5873 GPI | 0.6832 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More education data for Gabon
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.2% (2019)
- Primary education, teachers 10,935 (2019)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.59 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.0% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Gabon?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Gabon was 0.5873 GPI in 2003, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6832 GPI in 2001.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1628 GPI in 1972.
- How does Gabon rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Gabon ranks 162nd out of 177 countries with data for 2003.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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.