School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Zambia
Zambia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7371 GPI in 2012. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Zambia, 1970–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2012, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Zambia stood at 0.7371 GPI. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 99.8% on the previous year and up 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Zambia peaked at 0.7371 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1609 GPI, in 1975.
That places Zambia 145th out of 177 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2376 GPI | 0.1609 GPI | 0.3071 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.3277 GPI | 0.2625 GPI | 0.392 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.4656 GPI | 0.4654 GPI | 0.4658 GPI | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5531 GPI | 0.369 GPI | 0.7371 GPI | 2 |
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More education data for Zambia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 116,859 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 115.55 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 115.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Zambia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Zambia was 0.7371 GPI in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7371 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1609 GPI in 1975.
- How does Zambia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Zambia ranks 145th out of 177 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.