Iraq vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Iraq
0.803 GPI
in 2007
Papua New Guinea
0.847 GPI
in 2016
Iraq rank
186th
Papua New Guinea rank
183rd

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Iraq
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.847 GPI against 0.803 GPI in Iraq, a difference of 0.044 GPI.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Iraq ranks 186th and Papua New Guinea ranks 183rd of 193 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iraq Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4837 GPI 0.5864 GPI 0.1028 GPI Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.7608 GPI 0.7839 GPI 0.0231 GPI Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.7742 GPI 0.8331 GPI 0.0589 GPI Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Iraq or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.847 GPI against 0.803 GPI in Iraq as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Iraq and Papua New Guinea?
0.044 GPI, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Papua New Guinea?
10 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 1993.
How do Iraq and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Iraq ranks 186th and Papua New Guinea ranks 183rd of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 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.