School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
63rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.9072 GPI
in 2014
Years of data
10
2005–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Saudi Arabia, 2005–2019

00.250.50.7512005201220192005: 0.978 GPI2008: 0.945 GPI2009: 0.94 GPI2013: 0.935 GPI2014: 0.907 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.989 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 0.997 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 1 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9072 GPI, in 2014.

Saudi Arabia ranks 63rd of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.9544 GPI 0.9404 GPI 0.9781 GPI 3
2010s 0.9798 GPI 0.9072 GPI 1.02 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 60 Tunisia 1 GPI compare
  2. 61 Costa Rica 1 GPI compare
  3. 62 Timor-Leste 1 GPI compare
  4. 64 Egypt 1 GPI compare
  5. 65 New Zealand 1 GPI compare
  6. 66 Belarus 1 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Saudi Arabia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Saudi Arabia was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9072 GPI in 2014.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Saudi Arabia ranks 63rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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
Last refreshed

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.