School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.5683 GPI in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
0.5683 GPI
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
192nd
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.5704 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.1323 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
35
1970–2018

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Afghanistan, 1970–2018

0.10.20.30.40.50.61970199420181970: 0.157 GPI1971: 0.146 GPI1972: 0.132 GPI1973: 0.142 GPI1974: 0.133 GPI1975: 0.141 GPI1976: 0.152 GPI1977: 0.172 GPI1978: 0.179 GPI1981: 0.259 GPI1982: 0.446 GPI1984: 0.459 GPI1985: 0.454 GPI1986: 0.498 GPI1988: 0.491 GPI1991: 0.512 GPI1993: 0.38 GPI1994: 0.281 GPI1995: 0.375 GPI2003: 0.351 GPI2004: 0.21 GPI2005: 0.326 GPI2006: 0.364 GPI2007: 0.373 GPI2008: 0.425 GPI2009: 0.481 GPI2010: 0.498 GPI2011: 0.554 GPI2012: 0.557 GPI2013: 0.551 GPI2014: 0.553 GPI2015: 0.555 GPI2016: 0.57 GPI2017: 0.567 GPI2018: 0.568 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Afghanistan stood at 0.5683 GPI.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Afghanistan peaked at 0.5704 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1323 GPI, in 1972.

That places Afghanistan 192nd out of 195 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1505 GPI 0.1323 GPI 0.1794 GPI 9
1980s 0.4344 GPI 0.2586 GPI 0.4975 GPI 6
1990s 0.387 GPI 0.2814 GPI 0.5117 GPI 4
2000s 0.3615 GPI 0.2096 GPI 0.4814 GPI 7
2010s 0.5527 GPI 0.4979 GPI 0.5704 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 189 Angola 0.6433 GPI compare
  2. 190 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6395 GPI compare
  3. 191 Zambia 0.5978 GPI compare
  4. 193 Guinea-Bissau 0.5328 GPI compare
  5. 194 Chad 0.5262 GPI compare
  6. 195 Somalia 0.4608 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Afghanistan?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Afghanistan was 0.5683 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.5704 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1323 GPI in 1972.
How does Afghanistan rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Afghanistan ranks 192nd out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.