School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal

Senegal: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7502 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7502 GPI
Change on year
up 10.9%
World rank
144th
of 177 countries
All-time high
0.7502 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.194 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
24
1971–2019

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

0.20.40.60.81971199520191971: 0.205 GPI1972: 0.194 GPI1977: 0.252 GPI1978: 0.238 GPI1980: 0.231 GPI1981: 0.226 GPI1982: 0.227 GPI1984: 0.254 GPI1985: 0.262 GPI1992: 0.321 GPI2006: 0.453 GPI2007: 0.519 GPI2008: 0.534 GPI2009: 0.575 GPI2010: 0.583 GPI2011: 0.578 GPI2012: 0.578 GPI2013: 0.579 GPI2014: 0.585 GPI2015: 0.593 GPI2016: 0.591 GPI2017: 0.6 GPI2018: 0.676 GPI2019: 0.75 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal is 0.7502 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 10.9% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal peaked at 0.7502 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.194 GPI, in 1972.

Senegal ranks 144th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.2222 GPI 0.194 GPI 0.2516 GPI 4
1980s 0.2401 GPI 0.2257 GPI 0.2624 GPI 5
1990s 0.3213 GPI 0.3213 GPI 0.3213 GPI 1
2000s 0.5202 GPI 0.453 GPI 0.5747 GPI 4
2010s 0.6113 GPI 0.5781 GPI 0.7502 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 141 San Marino, Republic of 0.7859 GPI compare
  2. 142 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.7655 GPI compare
  3. 143 Djibouti 0.7581 GPI compare
  4. 145 Zambia 0.7371 GPI compare
  5. 146 Kenya 0.7371 GPI compare
  6. 147 Uganda 0.7297 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 Senegal?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Senegal was 0.7502 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 0.7502 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.194 GPI in 1972.
How does Senegal rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Senegal ranks 144th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Senegal 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.