School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Iran

Iran: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
12th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.5808 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
44
1971–2017

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Iran, 1971–2017

00.250.50.7511971199420171971: 0.581 GPI1972: 0.583 GPI1973: 0.588 GPI1974: 0.586 GPI1975: 0.613 GPI1976: 0.644 GPI1977: 0.662 GPI1978: 0.678 GPI1982: 0.711 GPI1983: 0.735 GPI1984: 0.768 GPI1985: 0.79 GPI1986: 0.809 GPI1987: 0.815 GPI1988: 0.831 GPI1989: 0.85 GPI1990: 0.873 GPI1991: 0.892 GPI1992: 0.901 GPI1993: 0.913 GPI1994: 0.921 GPI1995: 0.922 GPI1996: 0.921 GPI1997: 0.926 GPI1998: 0.928 GPI1999: 0.938 GPI2000: 0.945 GPI2001: 0.944 GPI2002: 0.951 GPI2003: 0.956 GPI2004: 0.959 GPI2005: 0.966 GPI2006: 0.967 GPI2007: 0.976 GPI2008: 0.977 GPI2009: 0.977 GPI2010: 0.979 GPI2011: 0.979 GPI2012: 0.98 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Iran stood at 1.04 GPI.

The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Iran peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5808 GPI, in 1971.

Iran ranks 12th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Iran, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Iran, 1971 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.5808 GPI —
1972 0.5834 GPI +0.4%
1973 0.5877 GPI +0.7%
1974 0.5862 GPI -0.3%
1975 0.6132 GPI +4.6%
1976 0.644 GPI +5.0%
1977 0.6623 GPI +2.8%
1978 0.6783 GPI +2.4%
1982 0.7108 GPI +4.8%
1983 0.735 GPI +3.4%
1984 0.7682 GPI +4.5%
1985 0.7903 GPI +2.9%
1986 0.8089 GPI +2.3%
1987 0.815 GPI +0.8%
1988 0.8308 GPI +1.9%
1989 0.8501 GPI +2.3%
1990 0.8734 GPI +2.7%
1991 0.8917 GPI +2.1%
1992 0.9008 GPI +1.0%
1993 0.9126 GPI +1.3%
1994 0.9209 GPI +0.9%
1995 0.9223 GPI +0.2%
1996 0.9213 GPI -0.1%
1997 0.9261 GPI +0.5%
1998 0.9279 GPI +0.2%
1999 0.9385 GPI +1.1%
2000 0.9448 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.9443 GPI -0.1%
2002 0.9508 GPI +0.7%
2003 0.956 GPI +0.5%
2004 0.9589 GPI +0.3%
2005 0.9664 GPI +0.8%
2006 0.9672 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9756 GPI +0.9%
2008 0.9768 GPI +0.1%
2009 0.9771 GPI +0.0%
2010 0.9793 GPI +0.2%
2011 0.979 GPI -0.0%
2012 0.9796 GPI +0.1%
2013 1.01 GPI +3.1%
2014 1.03 GPI +2.1%
2015 1.04 GPI +0.8%
2016 1.04 GPI +0.4%
2017 1.04 GPI -0.7%

Iran compared with similar countries

  • Iran's 1.04 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Iran's 1.04 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9832 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.617 GPI 0.5808 GPI 0.6783 GPI 8
1980s 0.7887 GPI 0.7108 GPI 0.8501 GPI 8
1990s 0.9135 GPI 0.8734 GPI 0.9385 GPI 10
2000s 0.9618 GPI 0.9443 GPI 0.9771 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.979 GPI 1.04 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 9 Mauritania 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 10 Seychelles 1.05 GPI compare
  3. 11 Hong Kong 1.05 GPI compare
  4. 13 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 14 Azerbaijan 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 15 Uganda 1.03 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 Iran?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Iran was 1.04 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Iran?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Iran?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5808 GPI in 1971.
How does Iran rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Iran ranks 12th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Iran?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iran 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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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.