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

Egypt: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
64th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8009 GPI
in 1996
Years of data
18
1995–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Egypt, 1995–2019

00.250.50.7511995200720191995: 0.883 GPI1996: 0.801 GPI1999: 0.922 GPI2000: 0.93 GPI2001: 0.939 GPI2002: 0.916 GPI2003: 0.946 GPI2004: 0.956 GPI2009: 0.981 GPI2010: 0.977 GPI2011: 0.966 GPI2012: 0.989 GPI2013: 0.992 GPI2014: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Egypt stood at 1 GPI. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Egypt peaked at 1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8009 GPI, in 1996.

That places Egypt 64th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8687 GPI 0.8009 GPI 0.9221 GPI 3
2000s 0.9446 GPI 0.9159 GPI 0.9813 GPI 6
2010s 0.9923 GPI 0.9664 GPI 1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 61 Costa Rica 1 GPI compare
  2. 62 Timor-Leste 1 GPI compare
  3. 63 Saudi Arabia 1 GPI compare
  4. 65 New Zealand 1 GPI compare
  5. 66 Belarus 1 GPI compare
  6. 67 Canada 1 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Egypt?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Egypt was 1 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 Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8009 GPI in 1996.
How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Egypt ranks 64th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt 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.