School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Oman

Oman: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9065 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9065 GPI
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
163rd
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2013
All-time low
0.2051 GPI
in 1976
Years of data
44
1973–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Oman, 1973–2019

0.20.40.60.811973199620191973: 0.268 GPI1974: 0.24 GPI1975: 0.278 GPI1976: 0.205 GPI1977: 0.252 GPI1978: 0.23 GPI1979: 0.262 GPI1980: 0.302 GPI1981: 0.333 GPI1982: 0.379 GPI1983: 0.379 GPI1984: 0.419 GPI1985: 0.464 GPI1986: 0.513 GPI1987: 0.564 GPI1988: 0.616 GPI1989: 0.687 GPI1990: 0.718 GPI1991: 0.836 GPI1992: 0.91 GPI1993: 0.909 GPI1994: 0.983 GPI1995: 0.995 GPI1996: 0.985 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 0.994 GPI2001: 0.984 GPI2002: 0.965 GPI2003: 0.947 GPI2005: 0.964 GPI2006: 0.982 GPI2007: 0.989 GPI2008: 0.978 GPI2009: 0.952 GPI2011: 0.971 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2015: 0.99 GPI2016: 0.941 GPI2017: 0.949 GPI2018: 0.927 GPI2019: 0.906 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Oman is 0.9065 GPI, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Oman peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2051 GPI, in 1976.

That places Oman 163rd out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Oman, 1973 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1973 0.2685 GPI —
1974 0.2401 GPI -10.6%
1975 0.2779 GPI +15.8%
1976 0.2051 GPI -26.2%
1977 0.2521 GPI +23.0%
1978 0.2303 GPI -8.6%
1979 0.2617 GPI +13.6%
1980 0.3022 GPI +15.5%
1981 0.3327 GPI +10.1%
1982 0.3792 GPI +14.0%
1983 0.3793 GPI +0.0%
1984 0.4186 GPI +10.4%
1985 0.4645 GPI +11.0%
1986 0.5135 GPI +10.5%
1987 0.5642 GPI +9.9%
1988 0.6156 GPI +9.1%
1989 0.6871 GPI +11.6%
1990 0.7179 GPI +4.5%
1991 0.8357 GPI +16.4%
1992 0.9097 GPI +8.9%
1993 0.9088 GPI -0.1%
1994 0.9826 GPI +8.1%
1995 0.9951 GPI +1.3%
1996 0.9852 GPI -1.0%
1997 1.02 GPI +3.3%
1998 1 GPI -1.6%
1999 1.01 GPI +0.8%
2000 0.9943 GPI -1.6%
2001 0.9843 GPI -1.0%
2002 0.9651 GPI -1.9%
2003 0.9474 GPI -1.8%
2005 0.9638 GPI +1.7%
2006 0.9821 GPI +1.9%
2007 0.9887 GPI +0.7%
2008 0.9784 GPI -1.0%
2009 0.9516 GPI -2.7%
2011 0.9712 GPI +2.1%
2012 1 GPI +3.2%
2013 1.02 GPI +2.1%
2015 0.9902 GPI -3.1%
2016 0.9411 GPI -5.0%
2017 0.9486 GPI +0.8%
2018 0.9268 GPI -2.3%
2019 0.9065 GPI -2.2%

Oman compared with similar countries

  • Oman's 0.9065 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.01 GPI, 90% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
  • Oman's 0.9065 GPI is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.992 GPI, 91% of the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.248 GPI 0.2051 GPI 0.2779 GPI 7
1980s 0.4657 GPI 0.3022 GPI 0.6871 GPI 10
1990s 0.9365 GPI 0.7179 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
2000s 0.9729 GPI 0.9474 GPI 0.9943 GPI 9
2010s 0.9636 GPI 0.9065 GPI 1.02 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Oman

  1. 160 Saudi Arabia 0.9133 GPI compare
  2. 161 Maldives 0.91 GPI compare
  3. 162 Qatar 0.9089 GPI compare
  4. 164 Nigeria 0.9023 GPI compare
  5. 165 Tajikistan 0.9014 GPI compare
  6. 166 Eritrea 0.8918 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Oman?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Oman was 0.9065 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2013.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2051 GPI in 1976.
How does Oman rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Oman ranks 163rd out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Oman?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oman 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.