School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bahrain

Bahrain: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.07 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.07 GPI
Change on year
up 4.2%
World rank
15th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8991 GPI
in 1974
Years of data
44
1974–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bahrain, 1974–2019

00.250.50.7511974199620191974: 0.899 GPI1975: 0.905 GPI1976: 0.98 GPI1977: 1 GPI1978: 0.983 GPI1979: 0.986 GPI1980: 0.941 GPI1981: 0.943 GPI1982: 0.954 GPI1983: 0.968 GPI1984: 0.98 GPI1985: 0.926 GPI1986: 0.947 GPI1987: 0.919 GPI1988: 0.953 GPI1989: 0.968 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 0.975 GPI1994: 0.966 GPI1995: 0.92 GPI1996: 0.942 GPI1997: 0.998 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 0.978 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 0.99 GPI2003: 0.973 GPI2004: 0.983 GPI2005: 0.997 GPI2006: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 0.984 GPI2013: 0.974 GPI2014: 0.958 GPI2015: 0.977 GPI2016: 0.99 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bahrain is 1.07 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bahrain peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8991 GPI, in 1974.

Bahrain ranks 15th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bahrain, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Bahrain, 1974 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1974 0.8991 GPI
1975 0.9049 GPI +0.6%
1976 0.9798 GPI +8.3%
1977 1 GPI +2.4%
1978 0.9827 GPI -2.1%
1979 0.9861 GPI +0.3%
1980 0.9412 GPI -4.6%
1981 0.9432 GPI +0.2%
1982 0.9538 GPI +1.1%
1983 0.9683 GPI +1.5%
1984 0.9803 GPI +1.2%
1985 0.9259 GPI -5.5%
1986 0.9466 GPI +2.2%
1987 0.9194 GPI -2.9%
1988 0.9532 GPI +3.7%
1989 0.968 GPI +1.6%
1991 1.01 GPI +4.2%
1992 1.01 GPI -0.1%
1993 0.9751 GPI -3.2%
1994 0.9657 GPI -1.0%
1995 0.92 GPI -4.7%
1996 0.9423 GPI +2.4%
1997 0.9978 GPI +5.9%
1998 1.02 GPI +1.8%
1999 0.9781 GPI -3.7%
2000 1 GPI +2.6%
2001 1 GPI -0.0%
2002 0.9899 GPI -1.3%
2003 0.9726 GPI -1.7%
2004 0.9831 GPI +1.1%
2005 0.9969 GPI +1.4%
2006 1.02 GPI +1.9%
2008 1.01 GPI -0.7%
2009 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2010 1 GPI -0.4%
2011 1.02 GPI +1.8%
2012 0.9839 GPI -3.6%
2013 0.9744 GPI -1.0%
2014 0.9576 GPI -1.7%
2015 0.9772 GPI +2.0%
2016 0.9904 GPI +1.3%
2017 0.9996 GPI +0.9%
2018 1.03 GPI +2.8%
2019 1.07 GPI +4.2%

Bahrain compared with similar countries

  • Bahrain's 1.07 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9937 GPI, 1.1× the median. (70 countries reporting)
  • Bahrain's 1.07 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.993 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9594 GPI 0.8991 GPI 1 GPI 6
1980s 0.95 GPI 0.9194 GPI 0.9803 GPI 10
1990s 0.9789 GPI 0.92 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
2000s 0.9978 GPI 0.9726 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
2010s 1 GPI 0.9576 GPI 1.07 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 12 Gambia 1.08 GPI compare
  2. 13 Bahamas 1.08 GPI compare
  3. 14 Fiji 1.08 GPI compare
  4. 16 American Samoa 1.07 GPI compare
  5. 17 Tonga 1.07 GPI compare
  6. 18 Dominica 1.06 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bahrain?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bahrain was 1.07 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8991 GPI in 1974.
How does Bahrain rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Bahrain ranks 15th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahrain data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
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.