School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9925 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan stood at 0.9925 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 0.9925 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6102 GPI, in 1970.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 29th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6102 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6131 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.6139 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6203 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.64 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6544 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6774 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6983 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 0.6844 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6898 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.6813 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.6588 GPI | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 0.6907 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 0.6939 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.7133 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6785 GPI | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 0.7065 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7109 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7075 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7171 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7395 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7431 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7389 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7489 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.7511 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7485 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7601 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7694 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7796 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8014 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8292 GPI | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8485 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8642 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8937 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9054 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9138 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9275 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9395 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9253 GPI | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9546 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9339 GPI | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9748 GPI | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9758 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9854 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9812 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9635 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9806 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9814 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9877 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9925 GPI | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6502 GPI | 0.6102 GPI | 0.6983 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6958 GPI | 0.6588 GPI | 0.7171 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7581 GPI | 0.7389 GPI | 0.8014 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9002 GPI | 0.8292 GPI | 0.9546 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9757 GPI | 0.9339 GPI | 0.9925 GPI | 10 |
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More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.07 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.92 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.67 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.59 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.17 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.96 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.9% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.633 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 864,804 number (2019)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.9925 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9925 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6102 GPI in 1970.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 29th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.