School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Algeria

Algeria: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2011. ▲ Rising

Latest (2011)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
62nd
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.1 GPI
in 2005
All-time low
0.4081 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
39
1971–2011

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Algeria, 1971–2011

00.250.50.7511971199120111971: 0.408 GPI1972: 0.434 GPI1973: 0.471 GPI1974: 0.488 GPI1975: 0.515 GPI1976: 0.529 GPI1977: 0.546 GPI1978: 0.581 GPI1979: 0.614 GPI1980: 0.639 GPI1981: 0.657 GPI1982: 0.682 GPI1984: 0.711 GPI1985: 0.726 GPI1986: 0.742 GPI1987: 0.738 GPI1988: 0.744 GPI1989: 0.759 GPI1990: 0.774 GPI1991: 0.798 GPI1992: 0.817 GPI1993: 0.836 GPI1994: 0.862 GPI1995: 0.885 GPI1996: 0.902 GPI1997: 0.955 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2011, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Algeria stood at 1.04 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Algeria peaked at 1.1 GPI in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.4081 GPI, in 1971.

That places Algeria 62nd out of 195 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Algeria, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Algeria, 1971 to 2011.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.4081 GPI —
1972 0.4344 GPI +6.5%
1973 0.471 GPI +8.4%
1974 0.4875 GPI +3.5%
1975 0.5149 GPI +5.6%
1976 0.5294 GPI +2.8%
1977 0.5459 GPI +3.1%
1978 0.5809 GPI +6.4%
1979 0.614 GPI +5.7%
1980 0.6391 GPI +4.1%
1981 0.6569 GPI +2.8%
1982 0.6819 GPI +3.8%
1984 0.711 GPI +4.3%
1985 0.7263 GPI +2.1%
1986 0.7422 GPI +2.2%
1987 0.7377 GPI -0.6%
1988 0.7443 GPI +0.9%
1989 0.7588 GPI +2.0%
1990 0.774 GPI +2.0%
1991 0.7977 GPI +3.1%
1992 0.8171 GPI +2.4%
1993 0.8365 GPI +2.4%
1994 0.862 GPI +3.1%
1995 0.8847 GPI +2.6%
1996 0.9016 GPI +1.9%
1997 0.9554 GPI +6.0%
1999 1.01 GPI +5.8%
2000 1.05 GPI +3.6%
2001 1.06 GPI +1.5%
2002 1.06 GPI +0.0%
2003 1.09 GPI +2.2%
2004 1.09 GPI +0.3%
2005 1.1 GPI +0.4%
2006 1.09 GPI -0.1%
2007 1.08 GPI -1.2%
2008 1.04 GPI -4.0%
2009 1.01 GPI -2.6%
2010 1.04 GPI +2.5%
2011 1.04 GPI +0.2%

Algeria compared with similar countries

  • Algeria's 1.04 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPI, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Algeria's 1.04 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.992 GPI, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5096 GPI 0.4081 GPI 0.614 GPI 9
1980s 0.7109 GPI 0.6391 GPI 0.7588 GPI 9
1990s 0.8711 GPI 0.774 GPI 1.01 GPI 9
2000s 1.07 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.1 GPI 10
2010s 1.04 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.04 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Algeria

  1. 59 Croatia 1.05 GPI compare
  2. 60 Barbados 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 61 Argentina 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 62 Sweden 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 64 Grenada 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 65 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.04 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Algeria?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Algeria was 1.04 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Algeria?
The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 2005.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Algeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4081 GPI in 1971.
How does Algeria rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Algeria ranks 62nd out of 195 countries with data for 2011.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Algeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Algeria 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
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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.