School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain

Bahrain: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.09 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.09 GPI
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
29th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.12 GPI
in 2003
All-time low
0.7544 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
48
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain, 1971–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Bahrain recorded 1.09 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain peaked at 1.12 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.7544 GPI, in 1971.

Bahrain ranks 29th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Bahrain, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.7544 GPI —
1972 0.886 GPI +17.4%
1973 0.9408 GPI +6.2%
1974 0.9987 GPI +6.2%
1975 1.01 GPI +0.7%
1976 1.03 GPI +2.5%
1977 1.02 GPI -1.5%
1978 0.9884 GPI -2.7%
1979 0.9094 GPI -8.0%
1980 0.8718 GPI -4.1%
1981 0.809 GPI -7.2%
1982 0.8569 GPI +5.9%
1983 0.8635 GPI +0.8%
1984 0.9154 GPI +6.0%
1985 0.9259 GPI +1.1%
1986 0.9524 GPI +2.9%
1987 0.9644 GPI +1.3%
1988 0.981 GPI +1.7%
1989 1.02 GPI +3.5%
1990 1.02 GPI +0.8%
1991 1.04 GPI +1.9%
1992 1.07 GPI +2.9%
1993 1.07 GPI -0.2%
1994 1.06 GPI -0.6%
1995 1.05 GPI -1.7%
1996 1.05 GPI +0.4%
1997 1.09 GPI +4.0%
1998 1.08 GPI -0.9%
1999 1.08 GPI -0.5%
2000 1.06 GPI -1.9%
2001 1.08 GPI +2.1%
2002 1.12 GPI +4.2%
2003 1.12 GPI +0.1%
2004 1.12 GPI -0.8%
2005 1.12 GPI +0.3%
2006 1.11 GPI -1.0%
2008 1.09 GPI -2.0%
2009 1.05 GPI -2.9%
2010 1.02 GPI -3.1%
2011 0.9808 GPI -3.9%
2012 1.02 GPI +4.4%
2013 1.03 GPI +0.5%
2014 1.02 GPI -0.9%
2015 1.01 GPI -0.8%
2016 1.02 GPI +1.1%
2017 1.04 GPI +2.1%
2018 1.07 GPI +2.0%
2019 1.09 GPI +2.6%

Bahrain compared with similar countries

  • Bahrain's 1.09 GPI is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.01 GPI, 1.1× the median. (72 countries reporting)
  • Bahrain's 1.09 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.992 GPI, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9477 GPI 0.7544 GPI 1.03 GPI 9
1980s 0.9156 GPI 0.809 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
1990s 1.06 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.09 GPI 10
2000s 1.1 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.12 GPI 9
2010s 1.03 GPI 0.9808 GPI 1.09 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 26 Palestine 1.1 GPI compare
  2. 27 Fiji 1.1 GPI compare
  3. 28 Finland 1.09 GPI compare
  4. 30 Botswana 1.09 GPI compare
  5. 31 Brazil 1.09 GPI compare
  6. 32 Puerto Rico 1.09 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain was 1.09 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 1.12 GPI in 2003.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7544 GPI in 1971.
How does Bahrain rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Bahrain ranks 29th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahrain 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.