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

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
31st
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.6265 GPI
in 1979
Years of data
15
1979–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Saudi Arabia, 1979–2019

00.250.50.7511979199920191979: 0.627 GPI2005: 0.983 GPI2007: 0.979 GPI2008: 0.976 GPI2009: 0.974 GPI2010: 0.991 GPI2011: 0.995 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.976 GPI2014: 0.972 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.991 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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  3. 30 Ecuador 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 32 Bhutan 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 33 Kazakhstan 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 34 Sweden 1.01 GPI compare

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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

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.