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

Egypt: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
105th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.11 GPI
in 1971
All-time low
0.8741 GPI
in 2010
Years of data
45
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 1.1 GPI1972: 1 GPI1973: 1.1 GPI1974: 1.1 GPI1975: 1.1 GPI1976: 1 GPI1977: 1 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1986: 0.999 GPI1987: 0.995 GPI1988: 0.99 GPI1989: 0.987 GPI1990: 0.99 GPI1991: 0.999 GPI1992: 0.992 GPI1993: 0.987 GPI1994: 0.979 GPI1995: 0.98 GPI1996: 0.971 GPI1997: 0.967 GPI1998: 0.966 GPI1999: 0.959 GPI2000: 0.958 GPI2001: 0.957 GPI2002: 0.955 GPI2003: 0.96 GPI2004: 0.961 GPI2005: 0.958 GPI2006: 0.956 GPI2007: 0.954 GPI2008: 0.964 GPI2009: 0.963 GPI2010: 0.874 GPI2011: 0.968 GPI2012: 0.969 GPI2013: 0.97 GPI2014: 0.981 GPI2016: 0.982 GPI2017: 0.987 GPI2018: 0.995 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 1.11 GPI in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0.8741 GPI, in 2010.

That places Egypt 105th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.06 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.11 GPI 8
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.9871 GPI 1.02 GPI 8
1990s 0.979 GPI 0.9588 GPI 0.9994 GPI 10
2000s 0.9586 GPI 0.9538 GPI 0.964 GPI 10
2010s 0.9696 GPI 0.8741 GPI 1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 102 Norway 1 GPI compare
  2. 103 Colombia 1 GPI compare
  3. 104 China 1 GPI compare
  4. 106 Tanzania 1 GPI compare
  5. 107 Thailand 1 GPI compare
  6. 108 Iraq 0.9997 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Egypt?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Egypt was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPI in 1971.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8741 GPI in 2010.
How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Egypt ranks 105th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Egypt 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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About this data

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.