School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Syria

Syria: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9948 GPI in 2013. β–² Rising

Latest (2013)
0.9948 GPI
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
117th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2009
All-time low
0.3472 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
43
1971–2013

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Syria, 1971–2013

0.40.60.811971199220131971: 0.347 GPI1972: 0.372 GPI1973: 0.383 GPI1974: 0.404 GPI1975: 0.432 GPI1976: 0.453 GPI1977: 0.485 GPI1978: 0.507 GPI1979: 0.534 GPI1980: 0.568 GPI1981: 0.586 GPI1982: 0.602 GPI1983: 0.615 GPI1984: 0.634 GPI1985: 0.658 GPI1986: 0.677 GPI1987: 0.684 GPI1988: 0.7 GPI1989: 0.707 GPI1990: 0.727 GPI1991: 0.732 GPI1992: 0.762 GPI1993: 0.801 GPI1994: 0.81 GPI1995: 0.833 GPI1996: 0.873 GPI1997: 0.9 GPI1998: 0.9 GPI1999: 0.917 GPI2000: 0.919 GPI2001: 0.904 GPI2002: 0.912 GPI2003: 0.938 GPI2004: 0.948 GPI2005: 0.957 GPI2006: 0.97 GPI2007: 0.99 GPI2008: 0.999 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 0.998 GPI2012: 0.999 GPI2013: 0.995 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Syria recorded 0.9948 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2013.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Syria peaked at 1 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.3472 GPI, in 1971.

That places Syria 117th out of 195 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4354 GPI 0.3472 GPI 0.5341 GPI 9
1980s 0.6432 GPI 0.5679 GPI 0.7075 GPI 10
1990s 0.8255 GPI 0.7273 GPI 0.9175 GPI 10
2000s 0.9542 GPI 0.9038 GPI 1 GPI 10
2010s 0.9982 GPI 0.9948 GPI 1 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Syria

  1. 114 Ghana 0.9959 GPI compare
  2. 115 Iceland 0.9957 GPI compare
  3. 116 Uzbekistan 0.9948 GPI compare
  4. 118 Korea 0.994 GPI compare
  5. 119 United States 0.9912 GPI compare
  6. 120 Latvia 0.9894 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Syria?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Syria was 0.9948 GPI in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Syria?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2009.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Syria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3472 GPI in 1971.
How does Syria rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Syria ranks 117th out of 195 countries with data for 2013.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Syria?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Syria 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.