School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iran, Islamic Republic of: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1.02 GPI in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
33rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.8978 GPI
in 1997
Years of data
19
1997–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Iran, Islamic Republic of, 1997–2017

00.250.50.7511997200720171997: 0.898 GPI1999: 0.91 GPI2000: 0.914 GPI2001: 0.916 GPI2002: 0.922 GPI2003: 0.929 GPI2004: 0.938 GPI2005: 0.941 GPI2006: 0.945 GPI2007: 0.941 GPI2008: 0.955 GPI2009: 0.959 GPI2010: 0.962 GPI2011: 0.965 GPI2012: 0.965 GPI2013: 0.993 GPI2014: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Iran, Islamic Republic of recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2017.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Iran, Islamic Republic of peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8978 GPI, in 1997.

Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 33rd of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9038 GPI 0.8978 GPI 0.9099 GPI 2
2000s 0.9359 GPI 0.9137 GPI 0.9592 GPI 10
2010s 0.9899 GPI 0.9619 GPI 1.02 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Iran, Islamic Republic of

  1. 30 Armenia 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 31 Ecuador 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 32 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 34 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 35 Comoros, Union of the 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 36 Ukraine 1.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Iran, Islamic Republic of was 1.02 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8978 GPI in 1997.
How does Iran, Islamic Republic of rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 33rd out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iran, Islamic Republic of 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
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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.