School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tunisia

Tunisia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9891 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9891 GPI
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
104th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2012
All-time low
0.6497 GPI
in 1974
Years of data
48
1971–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tunisia, 1971–2018

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tunisia stood at 0.9891 GPI.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tunisia peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.6497 GPI, in 1974.

That places Tunisia 104th out of 197 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Tunisia, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.6532 GPI —
1972 0.6548 GPI +0.2%
1973 0.6555 GPI +0.1%
1974 0.6497 GPI -0.9%
1975 0.6504 GPI +0.1%
1976 0.665 GPI +2.2%
1977 0.6684 GPI +0.5%
1978 0.6803 GPI +1.8%
1979 0.6997 GPI +2.8%
1980 0.71 GPI +1.5%
1981 0.7328 GPI +3.2%
1982 0.7589 GPI +3.6%
1983 0.7786 GPI +2.6%
1984 0.8022 GPI +3.0%
1985 0.8158 GPI +1.7%
1986 0.8309 GPI +1.8%
1987 0.8346 GPI +0.4%
1988 0.8411 GPI +0.8%
1989 0.8557 GPI +1.7%
1990 0.8678 GPI +1.4%
1991 0.8799 GPI +1.4%
1992 0.891 GPI +1.3%
1993 0.9048 GPI +1.6%
1994 0.9151 GPI +1.1%
1995 0.9255 GPI +1.1%
1996 0.9364 GPI +1.2%
1997 0.9449 GPI +0.9%
1998 0.951 GPI +0.6%
1999 0.956 GPI +0.5%
2000 0.9631 GPI +0.7%
2001 0.9748 GPI +1.2%
2002 0.9808 GPI +0.6%
2003 0.9857 GPI +0.5%
2004 0.9883 GPI +0.3%
2005 0.9895 GPI +0.1%
2006 0.9898 GPI +0.0%
2007 0.989 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.9912 GPI +0.2%
2009 0.9973 GPI +0.6%
2010 0.9981 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.9997 GPI +0.2%
2012 1.01 GPI +0.6%
2013 0.9988 GPI -0.7%
2014 1 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9998 GPI -0.1%
2016 1 GPI +0.2%
2017 0.9939 GPI -0.7%
2018 0.9891 GPI -0.5%

Tunisia compared with similar countries

  • Tunisia's 0.9891 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Tunisia's 0.9891 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9832 GPI, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6641 GPI 0.6497 GPI 0.6997 GPI 9
1980s 0.7961 GPI 0.71 GPI 0.8557 GPI 10
1990s 0.9172 GPI 0.8678 GPI 0.956 GPI 10
2000s 0.9849 GPI 0.9631 GPI 0.9973 GPI 10
2010s 0.9985 GPI 0.9891 GPI 1.01 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 101 Puerto Rico 0.9906 GPI compare
  2. 102 Bahrain 0.9898 GPI compare
  3. 103 Sri Lanka 0.9892 GPI compare
  4. 105 Tajikistan 0.9888 GPI compare
  5. 106 Turkey 0.9886 GPI compare
  6. 107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.988 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 Tunisia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Tunisia was 0.9891 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2012.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6497 GPI in 1974.
How does Tunisia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Tunisia ranks 104th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia 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
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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.