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

Oman: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
down 3.6%
World rank
75th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.6036 GPI
in 1978
Years of data
34
1974–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Oman, 1974–2019

00.250.50.7511974199620191974: 0.819 GPI1975: 1 GPI1976: 0.765 GPI1977: 0.764 GPI1978: 0.604 GPI1979: 0.979 GPI1981: 0.821 GPI1982: 0.737 GPI1983: 0.852 GPI1984: 0.805 GPI1985: 0.903 GPI1986: 0.816 GPI1987: 0.793 GPI1988: 0.761 GPI1989: 0.714 GPI1990: 0.742 GPI1991: 0.894 GPI1992: 0.833 GPI1993: 0.857 GPI1994: 0.841 GPI1995: 0.841 GPI1996: 0.849 GPI1997: 0.862 GPI1998: 0.902 GPI2009: 0.992 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Oman stood at 1.02 GPI.

The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Oman peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6036 GPI, in 1978.

That places Oman 75th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Oman, 1974 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1974 0.8194 GPI
1975 1.03 GPI +25.4%
1976 0.7645 GPI -25.6%
1977 0.7641 GPI -0.1%
1978 0.6036 GPI -21.0%
1979 0.9786 GPI +62.1%
1981 0.821 GPI -16.1%
1982 0.7371 GPI -10.2%
1983 0.8518 GPI +15.6%
1984 0.8052 GPI -5.5%
1985 0.9026 GPI +12.1%
1986 0.8161 GPI -9.6%
1987 0.7932 GPI -2.8%
1988 0.7609 GPI -4.1%
1989 0.7137 GPI -6.2%
1990 0.7423 GPI +4.0%
1991 0.8943 GPI +20.5%
1992 0.8327 GPI -6.9%
1993 0.8574 GPI +3.0%
1994 0.8406 GPI -2.0%
1995 0.8409 GPI +0.0%
1996 0.8491 GPI +1.0%
1997 0.8622 GPI +1.5%
1998 0.9021 GPI +4.6%
2009 0.9922 GPI +10.0%
2011 1.01 GPI +2.2%
2012 1 GPI -1.0%
2013 1.03 GPI +2.4%
2014 1.03 GPI +0.6%
2015 1.02 GPI -1.3%
2016 1.05 GPI +2.9%
2017 1.05 GPI -0.0%
2018 1.05 GPI +0.5%
2019 1.02 GPI -3.6%

Oman compared with similar countries

  • Oman's 1.02 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9937 GPI, 1.0× the median. (70 countries reporting)
  • Oman's 1.02 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.993 GPI, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Oman 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
1979 +62.1% 0.6036 GPI 0.9786 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8263 GPI 0.6036 GPI 1.03 GPI 6
1980s 0.8002 GPI 0.7137 GPI 0.9026 GPI 9
1990s 0.8468 GPI 0.7423 GPI 0.9021 GPI 9
2000s 0.9922 GPI 0.9922 GPI 0.9922 GPI 1
2010s 1.03 GPI 1 GPI 1.05 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Oman

  1. 72 Equatorial Guinea 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 73 Tunisia 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 74 Netherlands 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 76 Algeria 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 77 Solomon Islands 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 78 Bolivia 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Oman?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Oman was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6036 GPI in 1978.
How does Oman rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Oman ranks 75th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Oman?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oman 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.