Ethiopia vs WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity

Ethiopia
0.8998 GPIA
in 2012
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
0.9546 GPIA
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
159th
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank
159th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity over time

  • Ethiopia
  • WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
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How they compare

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 0.9546 GPIA against 0.8998 GPIA in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0548 GPIA.

That makes WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 1971 it was WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 159th and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 159th of 179 countries.

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.429 GPIA 0.5243 GPIA 0.0954 GPIA WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 0.5845 GPIA 0.6653 GPIA 0.0808 GPIA WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 0.6453 GPIA 0.7514 GPIA 0.106 GPIA WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 0.7355 GPIA 0.8393 GPIA 0.1039 GPIA WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 0.8869 GPIA 0.8898 GPIA 0.0029 GPIA WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity, Ethiopia or WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), at 0.9546 GPIA against 0.8998 GPIA in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity between Ethiopia and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.0548 GPIA, with WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
20 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2012.
How do Ethiopia and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
Ethiopia ranks 159th and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 159th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,738 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release