School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9561 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 0.9561 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 0.9561 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8377 GPI, in 1996.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 32nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.847 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 0.853 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8377 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8576 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.864 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8709 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8786 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8885 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8904 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9032 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9072 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9112 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9152 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9211 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.925 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9273 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.929 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9273 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9352 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9399 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9426 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9538 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.953 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9534 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9542 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9561 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.855 GPI | 0.8377 GPI | 0.8709 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9068 GPI | 0.8786 GPI | 0.9273 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9444 GPI | 0.9273 GPI | 0.9561 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
More reference data data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.07 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.67 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 4.92 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 9.59 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.17 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 5.96 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.9% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.633 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 864,804 number (2019)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.9561 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9561 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8377 GPI in 1996.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 32nd 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.