School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar
Madagascar: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9167 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar is 0.9167 GPI, measured in 2018.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar peaked at 1.07 GPI in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.3724 GPI, in 1973.
Madagascar ranks 127th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5747 GPI | 0.3724 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.6848 GPI | 0.6187 GPI | 0.7502 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.8058 GPI | 0.768 GPI | 0.8446 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8542 GPI | 0.8344 GPI | 0.9022 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8915 GPI | 0.8714 GPI | 0.9167 GPI | 9 |
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More education data for Madagascar
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 132.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 138,648 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.91 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 135.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Madagascar was 0.9167 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 1976.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3724 GPI in 1973.
- How does Madagascar rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Madagascar ranks 127th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.