School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9868 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 0.9868 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9868 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5331 GPI, in 1972.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5336 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5345 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5331 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.5428 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.5579 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.5747 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.6112 GPI | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 0.6369 GPI | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6216 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.6223 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6164 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.5912 GPI | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6261 GPI | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6279 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.6516 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6079 GPI | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 0.64 GPI | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 0.6454 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.6414 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.6527 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.6781 GPI | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 0.6834 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.6758 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.6835 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.684 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6874 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.704 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7176 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7324 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7559 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7873 GPI | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8103 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8293 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8671 GPI | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8845 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8959 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.914 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9293 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9093 GPI | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9351 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9122 GPI | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9542 GPI | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9467 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9516 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9584 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.953 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9709 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9723 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9802 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9868 GPI | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5769 GPI | 0.5331 GPI | 0.6369 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6301 GPI | 0.5912 GPI | 0.6527 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7002 GPI | 0.6758 GPI | 0.7559 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8762 GPI | 0.7873 GPI | 0.9351 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9586 GPI | 0.9122 GPI | 0.9868 GPI | 10 |
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More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 15,654 (2021)
- CPI Price, nominal 818.96 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 869.41 (2026)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 8.53 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.38 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.15 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.1 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.22 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.97 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.6% (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.9868 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9868 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5331 GPI in 1972.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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
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.