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Lesotho: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index

0.95index (gender parity) · 2017-3.0% since 2007

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. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1970 to 2017.

19782017

Every year

YearValue (index (gender parity))Note
20170.95
20160.952
20150.953
20140.958
20130.962
20120.955
20110.951
20100.96
20090.981
20080.976
20070.979
20060.986
20050.988
20040.99
20031
20021
20011.004
20001.022
19991.055
19981.063
19971.094
19961.093
19951.094
19941.116
19931.141
19921.161
19911.188
19901.19
19891.188
19881.198
19871.21
19861.214
19851.229
19841.241
19831.275
19821.304
19811.351
19801.393
19791.42
19781.439
19771.429
19761.411
19751.433
19741.445
19731.44
19721.453
19701.454

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-life-expectancy-primary-gender-parity-index (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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