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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1.02 GPI
in 2019
Panama
1.57 GPI
in 2016
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
34th
Panama rank
34th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Panama
0.511.5197019942019

How they compare

Panama currently reports 1.57 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.55 GPI.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 37 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.

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

Panama 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) Panama Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4718 GPI 0.9931 GPI 0.5213 GPI Panama
1980s 0.5399 GPI 1.35 GPI 0.8121 GPI Panama
1990s 0.733 GPI 1.55 GPI 0.8205 GPI Panama
2000s 0.9204 GPI 1.63 GPI 0.7116 GPI Panama
2010s 0.9779 GPI 1.56 GPI 0.582 GPI Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Panama?
Panama, at 1.57 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Panama?
0.55 GPI, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Panama?
37 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Panama rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th and Panama ranks 34th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, 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, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 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.