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

Syria: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9613 GPI in 2013. ▲ Rising

Latest (2013)
0.9613 GPI
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
167th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.9613 GPI
in 2013
All-time low
0.7299 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
43
1971–2013

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Syria, 1971–2013

00.20.40.60.811971199220131971: 0.794 GPI1972: 0.73 GPI1973: 0.805 GPI1974: 0.833 GPI1975: 0.806 GPI1976: 0.832 GPI1977: 0.815 GPI1978: 0.852 GPI1979: 0.825 GPI1980: 0.843 GPI1981: 0.834 GPI1982: 0.811 GPI1983: 0.82 GPI1984: 0.845 GPI1985: 0.864 GPI1986: 0.86 GPI1987: 0.856 GPI1988: 0.865 GPI1989: 0.867 GPI1990: 0.863 GPI1991: 0.887 GPI1992: 0.891 GPI1993: 0.887 GPI1994: 0.89 GPI1995: 0.889 GPI1996: 0.875 GPI1997: 0.904 GPI1998: 0.895 GPI1999: 0.9 GPI2000: 0.92 GPI2001: 0.928 GPI2002: 0.911 GPI2003: 0.94 GPI2004: 0.917 GPI2005: 0.926 GPI2006: 0.942 GPI2007: 0.956 GPI2008: 0.938 GPI2009: 0.955 GPI2010: 0.94 GPI2011: 0.939 GPI2012: 0.942 GPI2013: 0.961 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Syria recorded 0.9613 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2013. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Syria peaked at 0.9613 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.7299 GPI, in 1972.

Syria ranks 167th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8102 GPI 0.7299 GPI 0.852 GPI 9
1980s 0.8465 GPI 0.8112 GPI 0.8666 GPI 10
1990s 0.8881 GPI 0.8634 GPI 0.9035 GPI 10
2000s 0.9334 GPI 0.9107 GPI 0.9562 GPI 10
2010s 0.9456 GPI 0.9394 GPI 0.9613 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Syria

  1. 164 Philippines 0.9665 GPI compare
  2. 165 Belarus 0.9633 GPI compare
  3. 166 Chad 0.9619 GPI compare
  4. 168 Turkey 0.9607 GPI compare
  5. 169 Guyana 0.9606 GPI compare
  6. 170 Australia 0.9565 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Syria?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Syria was 0.9613 GPI in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Syria?
The highest recorded value was 0.9613 GPI in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Syria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7299 GPI in 1972.
How does Syria rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Syria ranks 167th out of 189 countries with data for 2013.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Syria?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Syria 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.