School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Uganda

Uganda: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7297 GPI in 2014. β–² Rising

Latest (2014)
0.7297 GPI
Change on year
up 6.6%
World rank
147th
of 177 countries
All-time high
0.7651 GPI
in 2008
All-time low
0.2147 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
35
1970–2014

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Uganda, 1970–2014

0.20.40.60.81970199220141970: 0.215 GPI1971: 0.255 GPI1972: 0.264 GPI1974: 0.232 GPI1975: 0.218 GPI1976: 0.244 GPI1977: 0.339 GPI1979: 0.321 GPI1980: 0.291 GPI1981: 0.296 GPI1982: 0.367 GPI1985: 0.303 GPI1986: 0.391 GPI1988: 0.393 GPI1989: 0.378 GPI1990: 0.393 GPI1991: 0.381 GPI1992: 0.4 GPI1993: 0.426 GPI1994: 0.461 GPI1995: 0.481 GPI1996: 0.494 GPI1999: 0.519 GPI2000: 0.503 GPI2001: 0.516 GPI2002: 0.61 GPI2003: 0.587 GPI2004: 0.608 GPI2006: 0.743 GPI2008: 0.765 GPI2009: 0.76 GPI2010: 0.746 GPI2011: 0.733 GPI2012: 0.685 GPI2014: 0.73 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2014, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Uganda stood at 0.7297 GPI.

The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Uganda peaked at 0.7651 GPI in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.2147 GPI, in 1970.

Uganda ranks 147th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.2611 GPI 0.2147 GPI 0.3389 GPI 8
1980s 0.3456 GPI 0.2907 GPI 0.3934 GPI 7
1990s 0.4444 GPI 0.3805 GPI 0.5194 GPI 8
2000s 0.6365 GPI 0.5032 GPI 0.7651 GPI 8
2010s 0.7234 GPI 0.6846 GPI 0.7462 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 144 Senegal 0.7502 GPI compare
  2. 145 Zambia 0.7371 GPI compare
  3. 146 Kenya 0.7371 GPI compare
  4. 148 Bangladesh 0.7165 GPI compare
  5. 149 Eritrea, The State of 0.709 GPI compare
  6. 150 Nigeria 0.6919 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 Uganda?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Uganda was 0.7297 GPI in 2014, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 0.7651 GPI in 2008.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2147 GPI in 1970.
How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Uganda ranks 147th out of 177 countries with data for 2014.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uganda 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.