School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9779 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9779 GPI
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
124th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2013
All-time low
0.6648 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
35
1971–2017

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, 1971–2017

00.250.50.7511971199420171971: 0.686 GPI1972: 0.665 GPI1973: 0.732 GPI1974: 0.796 GPI1975: 0.837 GPI1976: 0.9 GPI1977: 0.942 GPI1978: 0.978 GPI1979: 0.989 GPI1980: 0.972 GPI1981: 0.943 GPI1982: 0.958 GPI1983: 0.946 GPI1984: 0.946 GPI1985: 0.947 GPI1986: 0.964 GPI1987: 0.965 GPI1988: 0.953 GPI1989: 0.951 GPI1990: 0.954 GPI1991: 0.959 GPI1992: 0.962 GPI1993: 0.978 GPI1994: 0.964 GPI1995: 0.973 GPI1996: 0.983 GPI1997: 0.979 GPI1998: 0.986 GPI2007: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 0.966 GPI2017: 0.978 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

United Arab Emirates recorded 0.9779 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2017.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.6648 GPI, in 1972.

United Arab Emirates ranks 124th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8359 GPI 0.6648 GPI 0.9885 GPI 9
1980s 0.9545 GPI 0.9429 GPI 0.9724 GPI 10
1990s 0.9709 GPI 0.9539 GPI 0.9859 GPI 9
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1
2010s 1 GPI 0.9656 GPI 1.03 GPI 6

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 121 Guatemala 0.9782 GPI compare
  2. 122 Macao 0.9781 GPI compare
  3. 123 Panama 0.9779 GPI compare
  4. 125 Venezuela 0.9765 GPI compare
  5. 126 Luxembourg 0.9762 GPI compare
  6. 127 Rwanda 0.9756 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates was 0.9779 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6648 GPI in 1972.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
United Arab Emirates ranks 124th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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
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.