Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
1.06 GPI
in 2019
Sri Lanka
1.6 GPI
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
28th
Sri Lanka rank
28th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
0.511.52197019942019

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.6 GPI against 1.06 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 0.54 GPI.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 28th and Sri Lanka ranks 28th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4913 GPI 0.6235 GPI 0.1322 GPI Sri Lanka
1980s 0.5621 GPI 0.7012 GPI 0.1391 GPI Sri Lanka
1990s 0.7117 GPI 0.4979 GPI 0.2138 GPI Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2010s 1.02 GPI 1.56 GPI 0.5388 GPI Sri Lanka

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 or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 1.6 GPI against 1.06 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sri Lanka?
0.54 GPI, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sri Lanka?
24 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sri Lanka rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 28th and Sri Lanka ranks 28th 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.