Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Nicaragua: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.9593 GPI
in 2019
Nicaragua
1.03 GPI
in 2010
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
33rd
Nicaragua rank
31st

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

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9593 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0707 GPI.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 27 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd and Nicaragua ranks 31st of 45 groups.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5996 GPI 1.04 GPI 0.4434 GPI Nicaragua
1980s 0.7362 GPI 1.19 GPI 0.45 GPI Nicaragua
1990s 0.8669 GPI 1.07 GPI 0.2073 GPI Nicaragua
2000s 0.9085 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.1398 GPI Nicaragua
2010s 0.9319 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.1016 GPI Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9593 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2010.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nicaragua?
0.0707 GPI, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nicaragua?
27 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2010.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nicaragua rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd and Nicaragua ranks 31st of 45 groups.
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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About this data

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.