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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1.02 GPI
in 2019
Sweden
1.58 GPI
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
34th
Sweden rank
31st

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

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

Sweden currently reports 1.58 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.56 GPI.

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

Across all 44 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th and Sweden ranks 31st of 45 groups.

Sweden 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) Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4747 GPI 0.7951 GPI 0.3204 GPI Sweden
1980s 0.555 GPI 1.1 GPI 0.544 GPI Sweden
1990s 0.6887 GPI 1.28 GPI 0.5864 GPI Sweden
2000s 0.9204 GPI 1.51 GPI 0.5943 GPI Sweden
2010s 0.9815 GPI 1.54 GPI 0.5545 GPI Sweden

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 Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.58 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sweden?
0.56 GPI, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sweden?
44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th and Sweden ranks 31st 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.