School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Oman

Oman: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.09 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.09 GPI
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
5th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.1 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.1498 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
47
1971–2019

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

0.20.40.60.81197119952019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Oman stood at 1.09 GPI.

The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Oman peaked at 1.1 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1498 GPI, in 1972.

Oman ranks 5th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3155 GPI 0.1498 GPI 0.4756 GPI 9
1980s 0.6945 GPI 0.4987 GPI 0.8707 GPI 10
1990s 0.9518 GPI 0.8868 GPI 0.985 GPI 10
2000s 0.9778 GPI 0.9555 GPI 1 GPI 9
2010s 1.05 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Oman

  1. 2 Senegal 1.14 GPI compare
  2. 3 San Marino 1.11 GPI compare
  3. 4 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  4. 6 Bangladesh 1.07 GPI compare
  5. 7 Congo 1.07 GPI compare
  6. 8 Kiribati 1.07 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 Oman?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Oman was 1.09 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1498 GPI in 1972.
How does Oman rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Oman ranks 5th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Oman?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oman 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.