School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kenya

Kenya: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7371 GPI in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7371 GPI
Change on year
up 5.4%
World rank
146th
of 177 countries
All-time high
0.7371 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.3515 GPI
in 1985
Years of data
12
1984–2017

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kenya, 1984–2017

00.20.40.60.81984200020171984: 0.512 GPI1985: 0.352 GPI1987: 0.383 GPI2000: 0.54 GPI2001: 0.534 GPI2002: 0.533 GPI2004: 0.597 GPI2005: 0.591 GPI2009: 0.695 GPI2015: 0.712 GPI2016: 0.699 GPI2017: 0.737 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kenya stood at 0.7371 GPI. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kenya peaked at 0.7371 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.3515 GPI, in 1985.

That places Kenya 146th out of 177 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4156 GPI 0.3515 GPI 0.5125 GPI 3
2000s 0.5817 GPI 0.5334 GPI 0.6948 GPI 6
2010s 0.716 GPI 0.6992 GPI 0.7371 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 143 Djibouti 0.7581 GPI compare
  2. 144 Senegal 0.7502 GPI compare
  3. 145 Zambia 0.7371 GPI compare
  4. 147 Uganda 0.7297 GPI compare
  5. 148 Bangladesh 0.7165 GPI compare
  6. 149 Eritrea 0.709 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 Kenya?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kenya was 0.7371 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 0.7371 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3515 GPI in 1985.
How does Kenya rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Kenya ranks 146th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kenya 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
Last refreshed

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.