Mauritius vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Mauritius
1.09 GPI
in 2017
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
0.9748 GPI
in 2018
Mauritius rank
29th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
32nd

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

  • Mauritius
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
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How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 1.09 GPI against 0.9748 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 0.1152 GPI.

That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Mauritius has been ahead every year.

Mauritius ranks 29th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 32nd of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritius Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9236 GPI 0.6123 GPI 0.3113 GPI Mauritius
1980s 0.9663 GPI 0.7196 GPI 0.2467 GPI Mauritius
1990s 0.9907 GPI 0.821 GPI 0.1697 GPI Mauritius
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.9168 GPI 0.0884 GPI Mauritius
2010s 1.06 GPI 0.9571 GPI 0.1033 GPI Mauritius

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Mauritius or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Mauritius, at 1.09 GPI against 0.9748 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Mauritius and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
0.1152 GPI, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
39 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Mauritius and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Mauritius ranks 29th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 32nd of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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 to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
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.