Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini

Eswatini: Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index was 0.9838 GPI in 2016. ▬ Flat

Latest (2016)
0.9838 GPI
Change on year
down 4.4%
World rank
147th
of 164 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPI
in 2006
All-time low
0.9838 GPI
in 2016
Years of data
42
1970–2016

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini, 1970–2016

00.250.50.7511.21970199320161970: 1 GPI1971: 1 GPI1972: 1 GPI1973: 1.1 GPI1974: 1.1 GPI1975: 0.999 GPI1976: 1 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1979: 1 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1.1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1988: 1.1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 0.993 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.984 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini stood at 0.9838 GPI. That is the lowest value across all 42 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini peaked at 1.13 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.9838 GPI, in 2016.

Eswatini ranks 147th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini, year by year

Annual values for Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) in Eswatini, 1970 to 2016.
Year GPI Change
1970 1.03 GPI
1971 1 GPI -2.4%
1972 1.02 GPI +1.7%
1973 1.06 GPI +4.5%
1974 1.06 GPI -0.4%
1975 0.9987 GPI -5.9%
1976 1.04 GPI +4.2%
1977 1.06 GPI +1.8%
1978 1.07 GPI +1.1%
1979 1.04 GPI -3.2%
1980 1.04 GPI +0.3%
1981 1.05 GPI +0.6%
1982 1.04 GPI -0.7%
1983 1.06 GPI +2.2%
1984 1.04 GPI -2.0%
1985 1.05 GPI +1.4%
1986 1.09 GPI +3.6%
1987 1.05 GPI -3.9%
1988 1.11 GPI +5.3%
1989 1.04 GPI -5.7%
1990 1.04 GPI -0.7%
1991 1.07 GPI +3.7%
1992 1.05 GPI -2.5%
1993 1.05 GPI +0.7%
1994 1.03 GPI -2.7%
1995 1.04 GPI +1.7%
1996 1.04 GPI -0.0%
1997 1.04 GPI -0.1%
1998 1.06 GPI +1.6%
1999 1.05 GPI -1.0%
2000 1.1 GPI +5.0%
2001 1.04 GPI -5.4%
2002 1.06 GPI +2.2%
2004 1.04 GPI -1.9%
2005 1.05 GPI +0.7%
2006 1.13 GPI +7.9%
2009 1.01 GPI -10.8%
2012 0.9996 GPI -1.1%
2013 1.01 GPI +0.7%
2014 0.9931 GPI -1.3%
2015 1.03 GPI +3.6%
2016 0.9838 GPI -4.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.04 GPI 0.9987 GPI 1.07 GPI 10
1980s 1.06 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.11 GPI 10
1990s 1.05 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.07 GPI 10
2000s 1.06 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.13 GPI 7
2010s 1 GPI 0.9838 GPI 1.03 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 144 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9857 GPI compare
  2. 145 Maldives 0.9853 GPI compare
  3. 146 Cyprus 0.9851 GPI compare
  4. 148 Zambia 0.9836 GPI compare
  5. 149 Benin 0.9806 GPI compare
  6. 150 Mozambique 0.9778 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini?
Survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini was 0.9838 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 2006.
What is the lowest survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9838 GPI in 2016.
How does Eswatini rank for survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index?
Eswatini ranks 147th out of 164 countries with data for 2016.
Is survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
164 places, 3,247 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female survival rate to grade 4 to the male survival rate to grade 4. 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.