Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini

Eswatini: Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index was 0.9988 GPI in 2016. ▬ Flat

Latest (2016)
0.9988 GPI
Change on year
down 5.6%
World rank
106th
of 141 countries
All-time high
1.22 GPI
in 1999
All-time low
0.8954 GPI
in 2001
Years of data
42
1970–2016

Survival rate to Grade 5 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: 1.1 GPI1976: 1.1 GPI1977: 1.1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 1.1 GPI1985: 1.1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1.2 GPI1989: 1.1 GPI1990: 1.1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1992: 1.1 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1.2 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 0.895 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 0.999 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 0.9988 GPI for survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index in 2016.

That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini peaked at 1.22 GPI in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.8954 GPI, in 2001.

Eswatini ranks 106th of 141 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini, year by year

Annual values for Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) in Eswatini, 1970 to 2016.
Year GPI Change
1970 1.01 GPI
1971 1.01 GPI -0.2%
1972 1.03 GPI +1.7%
1973 1.06 GPI +3.1%
1974 1.08 GPI +1.7%
1975 1.08 GPI +0.6%
1976 1.05 GPI -2.9%
1977 1.1 GPI +4.4%
1978 1.09 GPI -0.9%
1979 1.09 GPI -0.3%
1980 1.06 GPI -2.6%
1981 1.08 GPI +2.0%
1982 1.03 GPI -4.4%
1983 1.06 GPI +2.6%
1984 1.07 GPI +1.2%
1985 1.1 GPI +2.7%
1986 1.11 GPI +0.5%
1987 1.02 GPI -7.6%
1988 1.16 GPI +13.0%
1989 1.05 GPI -8.9%
1990 1.05 GPI -0.1%
1991 1.09 GPI +3.5%
1992 1.07 GPI -1.4%
1993 1.07 GPI +0.1%
1994 1.05 GPI -2.2%
1995 1.05 GPI -0.2%
1996 1.08 GPI +3.3%
1997 1.08 GPI -0.7%
1998 1.07 GPI -0.6%
1999 1.22 GPI +14.0%
2000 1.15 GPI -5.9%
2001 0.8954 GPI -22.0%
2002 1.08 GPI +20.7%
2004 1.07 GPI -0.7%
2005 1.06 GPI -1.2%
2006 1.14 GPI +7.9%
2009 1.02 GPI -10.6%
2012 1.03 GPI +0.8%
2013 1.03 GPI -0.2%
2014 1.04 GPI +0.6%
2015 1.06 GPI +2.2%
2016 0.9988 GPI -5.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.06 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.1 GPI 10
1980s 1.07 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.16 GPI 10
1990s 1.08 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.22 GPI 10
2000s 1.06 GPI 0.8954 GPI 1.15 GPI 7
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9988 GPI 1.06 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 103 Mexico 0.9994 GPI compare
  2. 104 Estonia 0.9992 GPI compare
  3. 105 Peru 0.9992 GPI compare
  4. 107 Luxembourg 0.9987 GPI compare
  5. 108 Georgia 0.9984 GPI compare
  6. 109 Norway 0.9982 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini?
Survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index in Eswatini was 0.9988 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 1.22 GPI in 1999.
What is the lowest survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8954 GPI in 2001.
How does Eswatini rank for survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index?
Eswatini ranks 106th out of 141 countries with data for 2016.
Is survival rate to grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. 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 5 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
141 places, 2,700 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Ratio of female survival rate to grade 5 to the male survival rate to grade 5. 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.