School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Arab World
Arab World: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9393 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Arab World, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Arab World stood at 0.9393 GPI. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Arab World peaked at 0.9393 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8124 GPI, in 1996.
Arab World ranks 38th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Arab World, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8216 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 0.8292 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8124 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8365 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8437 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.851 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8593 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8696 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8745 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8886 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.891 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8968 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8999 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9042 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9088 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9106 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9128 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9109 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9181 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9197 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9227 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9327 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9322 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9357 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9368 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9393 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8324 GPI | 0.8124 GPI | 0.851 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8903 GPI | 0.8593 GPI | 0.9106 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9261 GPI | 0.9109 GPI | 0.9393 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
More reference data data for Arab World
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.03 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.6 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.83 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.44 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 5.75 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.3% (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 870,261 number (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.6009 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.1 GPIA (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Arab World?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Arab World was 0.9393 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9393 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8124 GPI in 1996.
- How does Arab World rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Arab World ranks 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, 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.