School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.949 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.949 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
35th
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.949 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8259 GPI
in 1996
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.838 GPI1995: 0.844 GPI1996: 0.826 GPI1997: 0.847 GPI1998: 0.853 GPI1999: 0.86 GPI2000: 0.867 GPI2001: 0.877 GPI2002: 0.879 GPI2003: 0.892 GPI2004: 0.896 GPI2005: 0.9 GPI2006: 0.904 GPI2007: 0.912 GPI2008: 0.918 GPI2009: 0.921 GPI2010: 0.922 GPI2011: 0.92 GPI2012: 0.928 GPI2013: 0.934 GPI2014: 0.94 GPI2015: 0.943 GPI2016: 0.946 GPI2017: 0.946 GPI2018: 0.947 GPI2019: 0.949 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) stood at 0.949 GPI. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.949 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8259 GPI, in 1996.

That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 35th 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 (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.8381 GPI
1995 0.8438 GPI +0.7%
1996 0.8259 GPI -2.1%
1997 0.8471 GPI +2.6%
1998 0.8534 GPI +0.7%
1999 0.8601 GPI +0.8%
2000 0.8674 GPI +0.8%
2001 0.8769 GPI +1.1%
2002 0.8785 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.8924 GPI +1.6%
2004 0.896 GPI +0.4%
2005 0.8997 GPI +0.4%
2006 0.9042 GPI +0.5%
2007 0.9123 GPI +0.9%
2008 0.918 GPI +0.6%
2009 0.9214 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.9222 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.9196 GPI -0.3%
2012 0.9279 GPI +0.9%
2013 0.9345 GPI +0.7%
2014 0.9404 GPI +0.6%
2015 0.9434 GPI +0.3%
2016 0.9462 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9459 GPI -0.0%
2018 0.9473 GPI +0.2%
2019 0.949 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8447 GPI 0.8259 GPI 0.8601 GPI 6
2000s 0.8967 GPI 0.8674 GPI 0.9214 GPI 10
2010s 0.9376 GPI 0.9196 GPI 0.949 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

  1. 32 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 33 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 34 Bahrain 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 35 Comoros 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 36 Ukraine 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 37 Belgium 1.01 GPI compare
  7. 38 Sao Tome and Principe 1.01 GPI compare

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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 (IDA & IBRD)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.949 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
The highest recorded value was 0.949 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8259 GPI in 1996.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.