School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.6671 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.6671 GPI
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
196th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.7203 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.0849 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
40
1970–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Afghanistan, 1970–2018

00.20.40.60.81970199420181970: 0.169 GPI1971: 0.165 GPI1972: 0.168 GPI1973: 0.176 GPI1974: 0.171 GPI1975: 0.183 GPI1976: 0.189 GPI1977: 0.198 GPI1978: 0.205 GPI1980: 0.23 GPI1981: 0.237 GPI1982: 0.503 GPI1984: 0.475 GPI1985: 0.485 GPI1986: 0.543 GPI1988: 0.502 GPI1989: 0.529 GPI1990: 0.548 GPI1991: 0.548 GPI1993: 0.353 GPI1994: 0.506 GPI1995: 0.515 GPI1999: 0.085 GPI2002: 0.459 GPI2003: 0.562 GPI2004: 0.433 GPI2005: 0.583 GPI2006: 0.624 GPI2007: 0.616 GPI2008: 0.636 GPI2009: 0.657 GPI2010: 0.68 GPI2011: 0.713 GPI2012: 0.72 GPI2013: 0.701 GPI2014: 0.697 GPI2015: 0.68 GPI2016: 0.679 GPI2017: 0.677 GPI2018: 0.667 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Afghanistan recorded 0.6671 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2018.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Afghanistan peaked at 0.7203 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0849 GPI, in 1999.

That places Afghanistan 196th out of 197 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1804 GPI 0.1645 GPI 0.2047 GPI 9
1980s 0.438 GPI 0.23 GPI 0.5433 GPI 8
1990s 0.4259 GPI 0.0849 GPI 0.5485 GPI 6
2000s 0.5714 GPI 0.4328 GPI 0.6575 GPI 8
2010s 0.6905 GPI 0.6671 GPI 0.7203 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 193 Guinea 0.8166 GPI compare
  2. 194 Central African Republic 0.7801 GPI compare
  3. 195 Chad 0.7757 GPI compare
  4. 197 Somalia 0.5532 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Afghanistan?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Afghanistan was 0.6671 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.7203 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0849 GPI in 1999.
How does Afghanistan rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Afghanistan ranks 196th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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.