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. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Arab World, 1994β2019
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
| 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 age 4.80 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 9.83 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry age 5.03 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.6 years (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 progr 90.3% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.6009 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity i 1.1 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 870,261 number (2019)
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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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.