School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9864 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9864 GPI
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
35th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9864 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5272 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
50
1970–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1970–2019

00.20.40.60.81197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) is 0.9864 GPI, measured 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 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.9864 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5272 GPI, in 1972.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th 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 (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1970 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.5277 GPI
1971 0.5285 GPI +0.2%
1972 0.5272 GPI -0.3%
1973 0.5371 GPI +1.9%
1974 0.5523 GPI +2.8%
1975 0.5699 GPI +3.2%
1976 0.6074 GPI +6.6%
1977 0.6337 GPI +4.3%
1978 0.6184 GPI -2.4%
1979 0.6193 GPI +0.1%
1980 0.6133 GPI -1.0%
1981 0.588 GPI -4.1%
1982 0.623 GPI +6.0%
1983 0.6246 GPI +0.3%
1984 0.6485 GPI +3.8%
1985 0.6039 GPI -6.9%
1986 0.6361 GPI +5.3%
1987 0.6414 GPI +0.8%
1988 0.6371 GPI -0.7%
1989 0.6483 GPI +1.8%
1990 0.6736 GPI +3.9%
1991 0.6787 GPI +0.7%
1992 0.6707 GPI -1.2%
1993 0.6773 GPI +1.0%
1994 0.6771 GPI -0.0%
1995 0.6817 GPI +0.7%
1996 0.6976 GPI +2.3%
1997 0.7091 GPI +1.6%
1998 0.7244 GPI +2.2%
1999 0.7478 GPI +3.2%
2000 0.7811 GPI +4.5%
2001 0.8061 GPI +3.2%
2002 0.8257 GPI +2.4%
2003 0.8645 GPI +4.7%
2004 0.8822 GPI +2.0%
2005 0.8939 GPI +1.3%
2006 0.9122 GPI +2.0%
2007 0.9279 GPI +1.7%
2008 0.9074 GPI -2.2%
2009 0.9339 GPI +2.9%
2010 0.9104 GPI -2.5%
2011 0.9533 GPI +4.7%
2012 0.9455 GPI -0.8%
2013 0.9502 GPI +0.5%
2014 0.9562 GPI +0.6%
2015 0.9564 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9698 GPI +1.4%
2017 0.9711 GPI +0.1%
2018 0.9794 GPI +0.9%
2019 0.9864 GPI +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5721 GPI 0.5272 GPI 0.6337 GPI 10
1980s 0.6264 GPI 0.588 GPI 0.6485 GPI 10
1990s 0.6938 GPI 0.6707 GPI 0.7478 GPI 10
2000s 0.8735 GPI 0.7811 GPI 0.9339 GPI 10
2010s 0.9579 GPI 0.9104 GPI 0.9864 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

  1. 32 Armenia 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 33 Rwanda 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 34 India 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 35 Hong Kong, China 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 36 Lesotho 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 37 Timor-Leste 1.04 GPI compare
  7. 38 Bangladesh 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.9864 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9864 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5272 GPI in 1972.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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
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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.