School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Egypt

Egypt: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9892 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9892 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
121st
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.9947 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.5198 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
42
1971–2019

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

00.20.40.60.811971199520191971: 0.52 GPI1972: 0.531 GPI1973: 0.54 GPI1974: 0.551 GPI1975: 0.539 GPI1976: 0.563 GPI1977: 0.579 GPI1978: 0.582 GPI1979: 0.597 GPI1980: 0.6 GPI1981: 0.621 GPI1982: 0.636 GPI1983: 0.649 GPI1984: 0.661 GPI1985: 0.675 GPI1986: 0.693 GPI1987: 0.705 GPI1988: 0.724 GPI1989: 0.739 GPI1990: 0.776 GPI1991: 0.802 GPI1992: 0.848 GPI1993: 0.855 GPI1994: 0.843 GPI1995: 0.883 GPI1996: 0.88 GPI1997: 0.875 GPI1999: 0.923 GPI2000: 0.933 GPI2001: 0.941 GPI2003: 0.944 GPI2004: 0.947 GPI2009: 0.991 GPI2010: 0.973 GPI2011: 0.989 GPI2012: 0.984 GPI2013: 0.979 GPI2014: 0.995 GPI2016: 0.983 GPI2017: 0.982 GPI2018: 0.985 GPI2019: 0.989 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 0.9892 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 0.9947 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.5198 GPI, in 1971.

That places Egypt 121st out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5559 GPI 0.5198 GPI 0.5974 GPI 9
1980s 0.6702 GPI 0.5996 GPI 0.7385 GPI 10
1990s 0.8539 GPI 0.7764 GPI 0.9231 GPI 9
2000s 0.9514 GPI 0.9326 GPI 0.991 GPI 5
2010s 0.9844 GPI 0.973 GPI 0.9947 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 118 South Korea 0.994 GPI compare
  2. 119 United States 0.9912 GPI compare
  3. 120 Latvia 0.9894 GPI compare
  4. 122 El Salvador 0.9875 GPI compare
  5. 123 Italy 0.9868 GPI compare
  6. 124 Moldova 0.9865 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Egypt?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Egypt was 0.9892 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.9947 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5198 GPI in 1971.
How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Egypt ranks 121st out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt 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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About this data

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.