School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Iraq

Iraq: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7419 GPI in 2007. ▲ Rising

Latest (2007)
0.7419 GPI
Change on year
up 11.6%
World rank
182nd
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.7419 GPI
in 2007
All-time low
0.4218 GPI
in 1975
Years of data
27
1971–2007

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Iraq, 1971–2007

00.20.40.60.81971198920071971: 0.424 GPI1972: 0.427 GPI1973: 0.428 GPI1974: 0.435 GPI1975: 0.422 GPI1976: 0.431 GPI1977: 0.458 GPI1978: 0.46 GPI1979: 0.46 GPI1980: 0.468 GPI1981: 0.504 GPI1982: 0.513 GPI1983: 0.553 GPI1984: 0.556 GPI1985: 0.565 GPI1986: 0.569 GPI1987: 0.589 GPI1988: 0.615 GPI1989: 0.629 GPI1993: 0.633 GPI1996: 0.638 GPI1999: 0.627 GPI2000: 0.612 GPI2001: 0.609 GPI2003: 0.708 GPI2004: 0.665 GPI2007: 0.742 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2007, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Iraq stood at 0.7419 GPI. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

That represents a change of up 11.6% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Iraq peaked at 0.7419 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.4218 GPI, in 1975.

Iraq ranks 182nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4384 GPI 0.4218 GPI 0.4601 GPI 9
1980s 0.5562 GPI 0.4681 GPI 0.6293 GPI 10
1990s 0.6325 GPI 0.6267 GPI 0.6378 GPI 3
2000s 0.667 GPI 0.6086 GPI 0.7419 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 179 Liberia 0.7547 GPI compare
  2. 180 Equatorial Guinea 0.7521 GPI compare
  3. 181 Benin 0.7502 GPI compare
  4. 183 Niger 0.7386 GPI compare
  5. 184 Yemen 0.7227 GPI compare
  6. 185 Togo 0.7154 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 Iraq?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Iraq was 0.7419 GPI in 2007, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 0.7419 GPI in 2007.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4218 GPI in 1975.
How does Iraq rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Iraq ranks 182nd out of 195 countries with data for 2007.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iraq 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.