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

Mali: Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index was 0.9415 GPI in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.9415 GPI
Change on year
down 6.3%
World rank
159th
of 164 countries
All-time high
1.17 GPI
in 1984
All-time low
0.9223 GPI
in 2002
Years of data
17
1978–2011

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Mali, 1978–2011

00.250.50.7511.21978199420111978: 1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1983: 0.944 GPI1984: 1.2 GPI1986: 0.962 GPI1987: 0.999 GPI1999: 0.988 GPI2001: 0.936 GPI2002: 0.922 GPI2003: 0.949 GPI2004: 0.948 GPI2005: 0.973 GPI2007: 0.961 GPI2008: 0.973 GPI2009: 0.981 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 0.941 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2011, survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Mali stood at 0.9415 GPI.

The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Mali peaked at 1.17 GPI in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.9223 GPI, in 2002.

That places Mali 159th out of 164 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) in Mali, 1978 to 2011.
Year GPI Change
1978 1 GPI
1980 1.11 GPI +10.3%
1983 0.9437 GPI -14.7%
1984 1.17 GPI +24.0%
1986 0.9615 GPI -17.8%
1987 0.9986 GPI +3.9%
1999 0.988 GPI -1.1%
2001 0.9362 GPI -5.2%
2002 0.9223 GPI -1.5%
2003 0.9488 GPI +2.9%
2004 0.9481 GPI -0.1%
2005 0.9735 GPI +2.7%
2007 0.9612 GPI -1.3%
2008 0.9733 GPI +1.3%
2009 0.9813 GPI +0.8%
2010 1.01 GPI +2.4%
2011 0.9415 GPI -6.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1 GPI 1 GPI 1 GPI 1
1980s 1.04 GPI 0.9437 GPI 1.17 GPI 5
1990s 0.988 GPI 0.988 GPI 0.988 GPI 1
2000s 0.9556 GPI 0.9223 GPI 0.9813 GPI 8
2010s 0.9733 GPI 0.9415 GPI 1.01 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Mali

  1. 156 Guinea 0.9544 GPI compare
  2. 157 Yemen 0.9526 GPI compare
  3. 158 Vanuatu 0.9493 GPI compare
  4. 160 Republic of Moldova 0.9271 GPI compare
  5. 161 Kiribati 0.9238 GPI compare
  6. 162 Dominica 0.8632 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Mali?
Survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index in Mali was 0.9415 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index recorded in Mali?
The highest recorded value was 1.17 GPI in 1984.
What is the lowest survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index recorded in Mali?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9223 GPI in 2002.
How does Mali rank for survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index?
Mali ranks 159th out of 164 countries with data for 2011.
Is survival rate to grade 4 of primary education, gender parity index rising or falling in Mali?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mali 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.