School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Uganda
Uganda: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7297 GPI in 2014. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Uganda, 1970β2014
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More education data for Uganda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 207,238 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2017)
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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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.