School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Arab World

Arab World: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9393 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9393 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
38th
of 44 groups
All-time high
0.9393 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8124 GPI
in 1996
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Arab World, 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.822 GPI1995: 0.829 GPI1996: 0.812 GPI1997: 0.836 GPI1998: 0.844 GPI1999: 0.851 GPI2000: 0.859 GPI2001: 0.87 GPI2002: 0.874 GPI2003: 0.889 GPI2004: 0.891 GPI2005: 0.897 GPI2006: 0.9 GPI2007: 0.904 GPI2008: 0.909 GPI2009: 0.911 GPI2010: 0.913 GPI2011: 0.911 GPI2012: 0.918 GPI2013: 0.92 GPI2014: 0.923 GPI2015: 0.933 GPI2016: 0.932 GPI2017: 0.936 GPI2018: 0.937 GPI2019: 0.939 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind 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 ind 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 44 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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  3. 37 Belgium 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 38 Sao Tome and Principe 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 39 Israel 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 40 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare
  7. 41 Nicaragua 1.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Arab World?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind 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 ind 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 ind 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 ind?
Arab World ranks 38th out of 44 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.