School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Yemen

Yemen: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.8702 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.8702 GPI
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
189th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.8702 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.5473 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
12
1999–2016

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Yemen, 1999–2016

00.20.40.60.81999200720161999: 0.547 GPI2001: 0.624 GPI2002: 0.657 GPI2003: 0.681 GPI2004: 0.701 GPI2005: 0.737 GPI2008: 0.802 GPI2010: 0.814 GPI2011: 0.812 GPI2012: 0.824 GPI2013: 0.837 GPI2016: 0.87 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Yemen stood at 0.8702 GPI. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Yemen peaked at 0.8702 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5473 GPI, in 1999.

Yemen ranks 189th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5473 GPI 0.5473 GPI 0.5473 GPI 1
2000s 0.7004 GPI 0.6242 GPI 0.8025 GPI 6
2010s 0.8315 GPI 0.8121 GPI 0.8702 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 186 Palau 0.8791 GPI compare
  2. 187 Niger 0.8749 GPI compare
  3. 188 Angola 0.8741 GPI compare
  4. 190 Pakistan 0.8592 GPI compare
  5. 191 Eritrea 0.8485 GPI compare
  6. 192 Iraq 0.8351 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 Yemen?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Yemen was 0.8702 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 0.8702 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5473 GPI in 1999.
How does Yemen rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Yemen ranks 189th out of 197 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen 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.