School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9891 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9891 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
140th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.9891 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5908 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
47
1971–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.9891 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt peaked at 0.9891 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5908 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Egypt 140th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5908 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.594 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.5981 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6047 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6023 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6165 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.6289 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6368 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.653 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6606 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.6785 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.6937 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7106 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7294 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7476 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.765 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7799 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7733 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.8071 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8243 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8313 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8629 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.868 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8535 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8883 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8176 GPIA | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8794 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 0.928 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 0.938 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9477 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9487 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9583 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9648 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9794 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9718 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9672 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9799 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9779 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9862 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.98 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9804 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9822 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9856 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9817 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9777 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9834 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9891 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6139 GPIA | 0.5908 GPIA | 0.653 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7346 GPIA | 0.6606 GPIA | 0.8071 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8615 GPIA | 0.8176 GPIA | 0.928 GPIA | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9561 GPIA | 0.938 GPIA | 0.9794 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.979 GPIA | 0.9672 GPIA | 0.9862 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.983 GPIA | 0.9777 GPIA | 0.9891 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.87 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 319,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 163,427 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.92 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt was 0.9891 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9891 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5908 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Egypt ranks 140th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release