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

Morocco: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.8882 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8882 GPI
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
181st
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.8882 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.2764 GPI
in 1975
Years of data
42
1975–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Morocco, 1975–2019

0.20.40.60.81975199720191975: 0.276 GPI1977: 0.368 GPI1978: 0.34 GPI1979: 0.334 GPI1981: 0.342 GPI1982: 0.386 GPI1983: 0.396 GPI1984: 0.418 GPI1985: 0.413 GPI1986: 0.443 GPI1987: 0.447 GPI1988: 0.428 GPI1989: 0.438 GPI1990: 0.459 GPI1991: 0.458 GPI1992: 0.424 GPI1993: 0.436 GPI1994: 0.44 GPI1995: 0.454 GPI1996: 0.473 GPI1997: 0.482 GPI1998: 0.509 GPI1999: 0.529 GPI2000: 0.555 GPI2001: 0.574 GPI2002: 0.588 GPI2003: 0.624 GPI2004: 0.647 GPI2005: 0.667 GPI2006: 0.705 GPI2007: 0.728 GPI2008: 0.747 GPI2009: 0.772 GPI2010: 0.766 GPI2012: 0.779 GPI2013: 0.79 GPI2014: 0.82 GPI2015: 0.812 GPI2016: 0.84 GPI2017: 0.837 GPI2018: 0.856 GPI2019: 0.888 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Morocco recorded 0.8882 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Morocco peaked at 0.8882 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2764 GPI, in 1975.

That places Morocco 181st out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Morocco, 1975 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1975 0.2764 GPI
1977 0.3675 GPI +33.0%
1978 0.34 GPI -7.5%
1979 0.3338 GPI -1.8%
1981 0.3419 GPI +2.4%
1982 0.386 GPI +12.9%
1983 0.3964 GPI +2.7%
1984 0.418 GPI +5.5%
1985 0.4128 GPI -1.3%
1986 0.4427 GPI +7.2%
1987 0.4465 GPI +0.9%
1988 0.4282 GPI -4.1%
1989 0.4376 GPI +2.2%
1990 0.459 GPI +4.9%
1991 0.4581 GPI -0.2%
1992 0.4235 GPI -7.6%
1993 0.436 GPI +2.9%
1994 0.4403 GPI +1.0%
1995 0.4543 GPI +3.2%
1996 0.4734 GPI +4.2%
1997 0.4818 GPI +1.8%
1998 0.5093 GPI +5.7%
1999 0.5287 GPI +3.8%
2000 0.5553 GPI +5.0%
2001 0.5736 GPI +3.3%
2002 0.5881 GPI +2.5%
2003 0.6242 GPI +6.1%
2004 0.6474 GPI +3.7%
2005 0.6667 GPI +3.0%
2006 0.705 GPI +5.7%
2007 0.7276 GPI +3.2%
2008 0.7473 GPI +2.7%
2009 0.7719 GPI +3.3%
2010 0.7662 GPI -0.7%
2012 0.7787 GPI +1.6%
2013 0.7898 GPI +1.4%
2014 0.8197 GPI +3.8%
2015 0.8124 GPI -0.9%
2016 0.84 GPI +3.4%
2017 0.8368 GPI -0.4%
2018 0.8563 GPI +2.3%
2019 0.8882 GPI +3.7%

Morocco compared with similar countries

  • Morocco's 0.8882 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.02 GPI, 87% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Morocco's 0.8882 GPI is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.993 GPI, 89% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1977 +33.0% 0.2764 GPI 0.3675 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3294 GPI 0.2764 GPI 0.3675 GPI 4
1980s 0.4122 GPI 0.3419 GPI 0.4465 GPI 9
1990s 0.4665 GPI 0.4235 GPI 0.5287 GPI 10
2000s 0.6607 GPI 0.5553 GPI 0.7719 GPI 10
2010s 0.8209 GPI 0.7662 GPI 0.8882 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 178 Indonesia 0.9031 GPI compare
  2. 179 Yemen 0.8972 GPI compare
  3. 180 Tuvalu 0.8885 GPI compare
  4. 182 Angola 0.8873 GPI compare
  5. 183 Tajikistan 0.8638 GPI compare
  6. 184 Pakistan 0.8603 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Morocco?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Morocco was 0.8882 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 0.8882 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2764 GPI in 1975.
How does Morocco rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Morocco ranks 181st out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Morocco 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.