Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs United States: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.9647 GPI
in 2018
United States
1.08 GPI
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
34th
United States rank
35th

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

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

United States currently reports 1.08 GPI against 0.9647 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1153 GPI.

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

Across all 33 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th and United States ranks 35th of 45 groups.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) United States Difference Ahead
1980s 0.7084 GPI 1.05 GPI 0.3396 GPI United States
1990s 0.8049 GPI 1.06 GPI 0.2593 GPI United States
2000s 0.9041 GPI 1.08 GPI 0.1797 GPI United States
2010s 0.9483 GPI 1.09 GPI 0.1367 GPI United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or United States?
United States, at 1.08 GPI against 0.9647 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and United States?
0.1153 GPI, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and United States?
33 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and United States rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th and United States ranks 35th of 45 groups.
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.