School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9998 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
87th
of 215 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.6399 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
52
1971–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.9998 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 1 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6399 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Egypt 87th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6399 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.6411 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6419 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.6491 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6521 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6627 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6733 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.6844 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.699 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7092 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7239 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7377 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.7553 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7776 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7978 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.8148 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8286 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7977 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8432 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8558 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8457 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8657 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8714 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8552 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.8891 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7638 GPIA | -14.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8794 GPIA | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9298 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9404 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9514 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9681 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9765 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9547 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9556 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9608 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9821 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9644 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9646 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9446 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9726 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9756 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9804 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9861 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9898 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9918 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.996 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9934 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9913 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9998 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9998 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6604 GPIA | 0.6399 GPIA | 0.699 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7786 GPIA | 0.7092 GPIA | 0.8432 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8618 GPIA | 0.7638 GPIA | 0.9298 GPIA | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9614 GPIA | 0.9404 GPIA | 0.9821 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9779 GPIA | 0.9446 GPIA | 0.996 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9976 GPIA | 0.9913 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6399 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 87th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release