School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Yemen

Yemen: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7227 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.7227 GPI
Change on year
up 5.3%
World rank
184th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.7227 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.3577 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
11
1999–2016

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Yemen, 1999–2016

00.20.40.60.81999200720161999: 0.358 GPI2001: 0.406 GPI2003: 0.433 GPI2004: 0.468 GPI2005: 0.488 GPI2008: 0.566 GPI2010: 0.621 GPI2011: 0.632 GPI2012: 0.653 GPI2013: 0.686 GPI2016: 0.723 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Yemen stood at 0.7227 GPI. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 48.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Yemen peaked at 0.7227 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3577 GPI, in 1999.

That places Yemen 184th out of 195 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3577 GPI 0.3577 GPI 0.3577 GPI 1
2000s 0.4723 GPI 0.4059 GPI 0.566 GPI 5
2010s 0.6628 GPI 0.6205 GPI 0.7227 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 181 Benin 0.7502 GPI compare
  2. 182 Iraq 0.7419 GPI compare
  3. 183 Niger 0.7386 GPI compare
  4. 185 Togo 0.7154 GPI compare
  5. 186 Papua New Guinea 0.7154 GPI compare
  6. 187 Central African Republic 0.6631 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Yemen?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Yemen was 0.7227 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 0.7227 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3577 GPI in 1999.
How does Yemen rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Yemen ranks 184th out of 195 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen 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.