School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9501 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 0.9501 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9501 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8281 GPI, in 1996.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it 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 secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8398 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 0.8456 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8281 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8494 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8558 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8626 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8701 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8798 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8812 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8948 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8983 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9018 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9063 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9143 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9198 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9231 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9237 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9214 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9294 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.936 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9418 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9449 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9475 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9472 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9483 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9501 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8469 GPI | 0.8281 GPI | 0.8626 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.899 GPI | 0.8701 GPI | 0.9231 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.939 GPI | 0.9214 GPI | 0.9501 GPI | 10 |
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More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 15,654 (2021)
- CPI Price, nominal 818.96 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, annual growth rate 5.73 % change on previous year (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 869.41 (2026)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.1 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.38 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.15 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 8.53 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.97 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.22 years (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.9501 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9501 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8281 GPI in 1996.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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.