School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia, 1979–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6265 GPI, in 1979.
That places Saudi Arabia 31st out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.6265 GPI | — |
| 2005 | 0.9831 GPI | +56.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9787 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9757 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9744 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9914 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9951 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9763 GPI | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.972 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPI | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9914 GPI | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPI | +0.5% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 1.02 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9971 GPI, 1.0× the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 1.02 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9832 GPI, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +56.9% | 0.6265 GPI | 0.9831 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6265 GPI | 0.6265 GPI | 0.6265 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.978 GPI | 0.9744 GPI | 0.9831 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.972 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6265 GPI in 1979.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 31st out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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
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.