School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Sudan
Sudan: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 1.02 GPI in 2015. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sudan, 1999–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2015, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sudan stood at 1.02 GPI. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sudan peaked at 1.23 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.02 GPI, in 2015.
Sudan ranks 122nd of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Sudan, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.12 GPI | — |
| 2000 | 1.23 GPI | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 1.16 GPI | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 1.18 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.16 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.13 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 1.13 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.19 GPI | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 1.19 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.09 GPI | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 1.13 GPI | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 1.17 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.05 GPI | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 1.13 GPI | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 1.12 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.06 GPI | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | -4.4% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 1.02 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.6061 GPI, 1.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 1.02 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7194 GPI, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.12 GPI | 1.12 GPI | 1.12 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.16 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 1.23 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.17 GPI | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More education data for Sudan
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 58.07 (2019)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 56.16 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 105,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 581,716 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 563,787 (2019)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.31 million (2019)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.23 million (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sudan?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sudan was 1.02 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 GPI in 2000.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2015.
- How does Sudan rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Sudan ranks 122nd out of 177 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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.