Comoros vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity

Comoros
1.01 GPI
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.9501 GPI
in 2019
Comoros rank
35th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
34th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity over time

  • Comoros
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
00.250.50.751199420062019

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 1.01 GPI against 0.9501 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0599 GPI.

That makes Comoros's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Comoros ranks 35th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 188 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 1 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 0.8493 GPI 0.8626 GPI 0.0133 GPI Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 0.8414 GPI 0.8861 GPI 0.0447 GPI Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 0.9619 GPI 0.939 GPI 0.0229 GPI Comoros

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, Comoros or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Comoros, at 1.01 GPI against 0.9501 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Comoros and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0599 GPI, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Comoros and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Comoros ranks 35th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

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.