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

Latest (2019)
0.9561 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
32nd
of 45 groups
All-time high
0.9561 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.8377 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, 1994–2019

00.20.40.60.811994200620191994: 0.847 GPI1995: 0.853 GPI1996: 0.838 GPI1997: 0.858 GPI1998: 0.864 GPI1999: 0.871 GPI2000: 0.879 GPI2001: 0.889 GPI2002: 0.89 GPI2003: 0.903 GPI2004: 0.907 GPI2005: 0.911 GPI2006: 0.915 GPI2007: 0.921 GPI2008: 0.925 GPI2009: 0.927 GPI2010: 0.929 GPI2011: 0.927 GPI2012: 0.935 GPI2013: 0.94 GPI2014: 0.943 GPI2015: 0.954 GPI2016: 0.953 GPI2017: 0.953 GPI2018: 0.954 GPI2019: 0.956 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1994 to 2019.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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  6. 34 Bahrain 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?
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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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.