School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9518 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9518 GPI
Change on year
down 11.7%
World rank
172nd
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.1 GPI
in 1976
All-time low
0.8793 GPI
in 1985
Years of data
42
1973–2017

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, 1973–2017

00.250.50.7511973199520171973: 0.903 GPI1976: 1.1 GPI1977: 0.968 GPI1978: 0.91 GPI1979: 0.903 GPI1980: 0.908 GPI1981: 0.885 GPI1982: 0.971 GPI1983: 0.933 GPI1984: 0.915 GPI1985: 0.879 GPI1986: 0.926 GPI1987: 0.952 GPI1988: 0.92 GPI1989: 0.923 GPI1990: 0.945 GPI1991: 0.975 GPI1992: 0.979 GPI1993: 0.965 GPI1994: 0.952 GPI1995: 0.959 GPI1996: 0.955 GPI1997: 0.966 GPI1998: 0.967 GPI1999: 0.97 GPI2000: 0.968 GPI2001: 0.991 GPI2002: 0.977 GPI2003: 0.937 GPI2004: 0.928 GPI2005: 0.943 GPI2006: 0.986 GPI2007: 0.98 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 0.984 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 0.995 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 0.952 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates stood at 0.9518 GPI.

The figure is down 11.7% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates peaked at 1.1 GPI in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.8793 GPI, in 1985.

United Arab Emirates ranks 172nd of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9564 GPI 0.9027 GPI 1.1 GPI 5
1980s 0.9213 GPI 0.8793 GPI 0.971 GPI 10
1990s 0.9633 GPI 0.9449 GPI 0.9786 GPI 10
2000s 0.9696 GPI 0.9278 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9518 GPI 1.08 GPI 8

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 169 Guyana 0.9606 GPI compare
  2. 170 Australia 0.9565 GPI compare
  3. 171 Guinea 0.9558 GPI compare
  4. 173 Ethiopia 0.9477 GPI compare
  5. 174 Montenegro 0.9476 GPI compare
  6. 175 Uzbekistan 0.9401 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates was 0.9518 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 1976.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8793 GPI in 1985.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
United Arab Emirates ranks 172nd out of 189 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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
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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.