School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana

Ghana: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8471 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8471 GPI
Change on year
up 10.7%
World rank
133rd
of 177 countries
All-time high
0.8471 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.166 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
25
1971–2019

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana, 1971–2019

0.20.40.60.81971199520191971: 0.173 GPI1972: 0.166 GPI1973: 0.179 GPI1974: 0.204 GPI1975: 0.27 GPI1976: 0.198 GPI1982: 0.268 GPI1991: 0.303 GPI1992: 0.31 GPI1993: 0.246 GPI1994: 0.308 GPI2005: 0.556 GPI2006: 0.527 GPI2007: 0.541 GPI2008: 0.448 GPI2009: 0.619 GPI2011: 0.619 GPI2012: 0.633 GPI2013: 0.647 GPI2014: 0.675 GPI2015: 0.699 GPI2016: 0.72 GPI2017: 0.726 GPI2018: 0.765 GPI2019: 0.847 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana is 0.8471 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of up 10.7% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana peaked at 0.8471 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.166 GPI, in 1972.

That places Ghana 133rd out of 177 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1983 GPI 0.166 GPI 0.2699 GPI 6
1980s 0.2682 GPI 0.2682 GPI 0.2682 GPI 1
1990s 0.2916 GPI 0.2458 GPI 0.31 GPI 4
2000s 0.5383 GPI 0.4481 GPI 0.6192 GPI 5
2010s 0.7034 GPI 0.6186 GPI 0.8471 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 130 Pakistan 0.8709 GPI compare
  2. 131 Eswatini 0.8679 GPI compare
  3. 132 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.8667 GPI compare
  4. 134 Uzbekistan 0.8451 GPI compare
  5. 135 Zimbabwe 0.84 GPI compare
  6. 136 Republic of Korea 0.8186 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 222 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana was 0.8471 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 0.8471 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.166 GPI in 1972.
How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Ghana ranks 133rd out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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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.