School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Algeria
Algeria: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9927 GPI in 2011. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Algeria, 1971–2011
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Algeria is 0.9927 GPI, measured in 2011.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Algeria peaked at 0.9992 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.5927 GPI, in 1971.
Algeria ranks 116th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Algeria, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5927 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.6179 GPI | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6303 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6391 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.6495 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6591 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6726 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6821 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.6995 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.7122 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.7219 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7316 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7488 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.7612 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7763 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.783 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7909 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8029 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8121 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8254 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8393 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8517 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.8685 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8823 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8948 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9191 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 0.9498 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9651 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9745 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9803 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9902 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.995 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9978 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9992 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9991 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9853 GPI | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9778 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9913 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9927 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6492 GPI | 0.5927 GPI | 0.6995 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7587 GPI | 0.7122 GPI | 0.8029 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8714 GPI | 0.8121 GPI | 0.9498 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9864 GPI | 0.9651 GPI | 0.9992 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.992 GPI | 0.9913 GPI | 0.9927 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More education data for Algeria
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 247,748 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Algeria?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Algeria was 0.9927 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9992 GPI in 2006.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5927 GPI in 1971.
- How does Algeria rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Algeria ranks 116th out of 193 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.