School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9399 GPI in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9399 GPI
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
154th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.19 GPI
in 1990
All-time low
0.5967 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
27
1973–2017

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, 1973–2017

00.250.50.7511.21973199520171973: 0.597 GPI1974: 0.901 GPI1975: 0.919 GPI1976: 0.827 GPI1977: 0.931 GPI1978: 1 GPI1979: 0.991 GPI1980: 0.989 GPI1981: 0.888 GPI1982: 0.95 GPI1983: 0.915 GPI1984: 0.924 GPI1985: 0.934 GPI1986: 0.954 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1.2 GPI1989: 1.2 GPI1990: 1.2 GPI1991: 1.2 GPI1992: 1.2 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1994: 1.1 GPI1995: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI2016: 0.962 GPI2017: 0.94 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates is 0.9399 GPI, measured in 2017.

The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates peaked at 1.19 GPI in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.5967 GPI, in 1973.

That places United Arab Emirates 154th out of 195 countries with data for 2017, putting it 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 0.8869 GPI 0.5967 GPI 1.04 GPI 7
1980s 0.9923 GPI 0.8878 GPI 1.19 GPI 10
1990s 1.13 GPI 1.08 GPI 1.19 GPI 8
2010s 0.9509 GPI 0.9399 GPI 0.9618 GPI 2

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 151 Germany 0.95 GPI compare
  2. 152 Greece 0.9496 GPI compare
  3. 153 Australia 0.9406 GPI compare
  4. 155 Solomon Islands 0.9387 GPI compare
  5. 156 Peru 0.9368 GPI compare
  6. 157 Laos 0.9327 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 United Arab Emirates?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates was 0.9399 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 1990.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5967 GPI in 1973.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
United Arab Emirates ranks 154th out of 195 countries with data for 2017.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.