School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Palestine

Palestine: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
25th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2001
All-time low
0.9873 GPI
in 1995
Years of data
24
1995–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Palestine, 1995–2019

00.250.50.7511995200720191995: 0.987 GPI1996: 0.993 GPI1997: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Palestine stood at 1.02 GPI.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Palestine peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.9873 GPI, in 1995.

Palestine ranks 25th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Palestine, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Palestine, 1995 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1995 0.9873 GPI
1996 0.9932 GPI +0.6%
1997 1 GPI +1.1%
1999 1.01 GPI +0.9%
2000 1.02 GPI +1.1%
2001 1.03 GPI +1.0%
2002 1.03 GPI -0.8%
2003 1.02 GPI -0.4%
2004 1.02 GPI -0.1%
2005 1.02 GPI -0.3%
2006 1.03 GPI +0.9%
2007 1.03 GPI -0.1%
2008 1.03 GPI +0.2%
2009 1.02 GPI -0.4%
2010 1.02 GPI -0.6%
2011 1.03 GPI +1.4%
2012 1.03 GPI -0.6%
2013 1.03 GPI +0.7%
2014 1.03 GPI -0.6%
2015 1.03 GPI +0.3%
2016 1.03 GPI +0.1%
2017 1.03 GPI -0.5%
2018 1.02 GPI -0.9%
2019 1.02 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9995 GPI 0.9873 GPI 1.01 GPI 4
2000s 1.02 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.03 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Palestine

  1. 22 Sierra Leone 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 23 Madagascar 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 24 Nepal 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 26 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 27 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 28 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Palestine?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Palestine was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Palestine?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2001.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Palestine?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9873 GPI in 1995.
How does Palestine rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Palestine ranks 25th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Palestine?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Palestine 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.