School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Tunisia

Tunisia: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 1 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
60th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2013
All-time low
0.9212 GPI
in 1995
Years of data
22
1995–2018

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tunisia, 1995–2018

00.250.50.7511995200620181995: 0.921 GPI1996: 0.932 GPI1997: 0.943 GPI1998: 0.953 GPI1999: 0.971 GPI2000: 0.979 GPI2001: 0.977 GPI2002: 0.979 GPI2003: 0.992 GPI2005: 0.996 GPI2006: 0.997 GPI2007: 0.998 GPI2008: 0.994 GPI2009: 0.996 GPI2010: 0.987 GPI2011: 0.979 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tunisia stood at 1 GPI.

The figure is up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tunisia peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.9212 GPI, in 1995.

That places Tunisia 60th out of 188 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Tunisia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Tunisia, 1995 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1995 0.9212 GPI —
1996 0.9324 GPI +1.2%
1997 0.9434 GPI +1.2%
1998 0.9533 GPI +1.1%
1999 0.9712 GPI +1.9%
2000 0.979 GPI +0.8%
2001 0.9772 GPI -0.2%
2002 0.9789 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.9921 GPI +1.3%
2005 0.9961 GPI +0.4%
2006 0.9975 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9978 GPI +0.0%
2008 0.9943 GPI -0.4%
2009 0.9965 GPI +0.2%
2010 0.9869 GPI -1.0%
2011 0.9793 GPI -0.8%
2013 1.01 GPI +3.0%
2014 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2015 1.01 GPI -0.0%
2016 1 GPI -0.2%
2017 1 GPI +0.2%
2018 1 GPI -0.0%

Tunisia compared with similar countries

  • Tunisia's 1 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1 GPI, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Tunisia's 1 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9905 GPI, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9443 GPI 0.9212 GPI 0.9712 GPI 5
2000s 0.9899 GPI 0.9772 GPI 0.9978 GPI 9
2010s 0.9995 GPI 0.9793 GPI 1.01 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 57 Brunei 1 GPI compare
  2. 58 Kuwait 1 GPI compare
  3. 59 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPI compare
  4. 61 Costa Rica 1 GPI compare
  5. 62 East Timor 1 GPI compare
  6. 63 Saudi Arabia 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 in Tunisia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Tunisia was 1 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9212 GPI in 1995.
How does Tunisia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Tunisia ranks 60th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia 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

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.