School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Yemen
Yemen: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.8702 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Yemen, 1999–2016
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Yemen
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.5034 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.1292 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.942 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 6 (2025)
- Free country 0 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.2632 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.13 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
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
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.