School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Egypt

Egypt: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
46th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.6524 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
46
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2019

00.250.50.751197119952019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6524 GPI, in 1973.

That places Egypt 46th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6664 GPI 0.6524 GPI 0.6966 GPI 9
1980s 0.7706 GPI 0.7052 GPI 0.8355 GPI 10
1990s 0.8585 GPI 0.763 GPI 0.923 GPI 9
2000s 0.9521 GPI 0.9314 GPI 0.9678 GPI 9
2010s 0.99 GPI 0.9543 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Egypt

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  2. 44 Israel 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 45 Brunei 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 47 Mexico 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 48 Malta 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 49 Armenia 1.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Egypt?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Egypt was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6524 GPI in 1973.
How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Egypt ranks 46th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt 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
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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.