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
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1994–2019
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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)
More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.08 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 8.39 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.31 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.13 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.01 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.25 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.4% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.5463 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 718,414 number (2019)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) →
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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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.