School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tunisia

Tunisia: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
1.14 GPI
World rank
8th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.14 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.3897 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
39
1971–2016

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tunisia, 1971–2016

0.40.60.811.21971199320161971: 0.39 GPI1972: 0.4 GPI1973: 0.423 GPI1974: 0.45 GPI1975: 0.475 GPI1976: 0.527 GPI1977: 0.565 GPI1978: 0.569 GPI1979: 0.586 GPI1980: 0.594 GPI1981: 0.601 GPI1982: 0.616 GPI1983: 0.623 GPI1984: 0.642 GPI1985: 0.676 GPI1986: 0.691 GPI1987: 0.718 GPI1988: 0.734 GPI1989: 0.76 GPI1990: 0.777 GPI1991: 0.799 GPI1992: 0.834 GPI1993: 0.857 GPI1994: 0.896 GPI1995: 0.914 GPI1996: 0.935 GPI1997: 0.952 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tunisia stood at 1.14 GPI. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tunisia peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3897 GPI, in 1971.

Tunisia ranks 8th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Tunisia, 1971 to 2016.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.3897 GPI —
1972 0.4004 GPI +2.8%
1973 0.4231 GPI +5.7%
1974 0.4502 GPI +6.4%
1975 0.4745 GPI +5.4%
1976 0.5271 GPI +11.1%
1977 0.5646 GPI +7.1%
1978 0.5692 GPI +0.8%
1979 0.5861 GPI +3.0%
1980 0.5944 GPI +1.4%
1981 0.6014 GPI +1.2%
1982 0.616 GPI +2.4%
1983 0.6227 GPI +1.1%
1984 0.6424 GPI +3.2%
1985 0.6762 GPI +5.3%
1986 0.6907 GPI +2.1%
1987 0.7179 GPI +3.9%
1988 0.7343 GPI +2.3%
1989 0.7596 GPI +3.4%
1990 0.7768 GPI +2.3%
1991 0.7993 GPI +2.9%
1992 0.8335 GPI +4.3%
1993 0.8575 GPI +2.9%
1994 0.896 GPI +4.5%
1995 0.9141 GPI +2.0%
1996 0.9349 GPI +2.3%
1997 0.9522 GPI +1.8%
1999 1.01 GPI +5.7%
2000 1.05 GPI +3.9%
2001 1.04 GPI -0.2%
2002 1.04 GPI -0.8%
2003 1.07 GPI +3.8%
2005 1.1 GPI +2.8%
2006 1.11 GPI +0.3%
2008 1.1 GPI -1.0%
2009 1.1 GPI -0.0%
2010 1.1 GPI -0.0%
2011 1.08 GPI -1.9%
2016 1.14 GPI +6.3%

Tunisia compared with similar countries

  • Tunisia's 1.14 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9975 GPI, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
  • Tunisia's 1.14 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.992 GPI, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4872 GPI 0.3897 GPI 0.5861 GPI 9
1980s 0.6656 GPI 0.5944 GPI 0.7596 GPI 10
1990s 0.8856 GPI 0.7768 GPI 1.01 GPI 9
2000s 1.08 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.11 GPI 8
2010s 1.1 GPI 1.08 GPI 1.14 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 5 Libya 1.18 GPI compare
  2. 6 Bangladesh 1.17 GPI compare
  3. 7 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 GPI compare
  4. 9 Bhutan 1.14 GPI compare
  5. 10 Senegal 1.13 GPI compare
  6. 11 Burundi 1.13 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 Tunisia?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Tunisia was 1.14 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3897 GPI in 1971.
How does Tunisia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Tunisia ranks 8th out of 195 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia 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.