School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2015. ▬ Flat

Latest (2015)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 19.3%
World rank
117th
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.8617 GPI
in 2012
Years of data
5
2009–2015

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sao Tome and Principe, 2009–2015

00.250.50.7512009201220152009: 0.924 GPI2010: 0.972 GPI2012: 0.862 GPI2014: 0.872 GPI2015: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2015, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 1.04 GPI. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 19.3% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 117th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Sao Tome and Principe, 2009 to 2015.
Year GPI Change
2009 0.9244 GPI
2010 0.9721 GPI +5.2%
2012 0.8617 GPI -11.4%
2014 0.8718 GPI +1.2%
2015 1.04 GPI +19.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.9244 GPI 0.9244 GPI 0.9244 GPI 1
2010s 0.9365 GPI 0.8617 GPI 1.04 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe

  1. 114 Nepal 1.06 GPI compare
  2. 115 Peru 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 116 El Salvador 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 118 Switzerland 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 119 Germany 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 120 Egypt 1.03 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sao Tome and Principe?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sao Tome and Principe was 1.04 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8617 GPI in 2012.
How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 117th out of 177 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.