School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Africa
South Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.45 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Africa, 1988–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 1.45 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Africa peaked at 1.45 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7967 GPI, in 1990.
That places South Africa 43rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Africa, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.8417 GPI | — |
| 1989 | 0.8488 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7967 GPI | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8368 GPI | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8648 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8569 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.9231 GPI | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 1.41 GPI | +52.5% |
| 2013 | 1.41 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.41 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.4 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.42 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.45 GPI | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8452 GPI | 0.8417 GPI | 0.8488 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.8557 GPI | 0.7967 GPI | 0.9231 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.41 GPI | 1.4 GPI | 1.45 GPI | 6 |
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More education data for South Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.55 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 225,583 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 61,727 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 748,573 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.43 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 444,590 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -4.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Africa?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in South Africa was 1.45 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.45 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7967 GPI in 1990.
- How does South Africa rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- South Africa ranks 43rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.