School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Arab World
Arab World: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9481 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Arab World, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Arab World is 0.9481 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Arab World peaked at 0.9481 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6104 GPI, in 1971.
Arab World ranks 33rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Arab World, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6114 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6104 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6168 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6225 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.63 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6341 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6436 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6549 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6636 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6835 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 0.6954 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7077 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.718 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7269 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7341 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7426 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7515 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7584 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7619 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7727 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7838 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7911 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8044 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8109 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8134 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8269 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8136 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8347 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8448 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8549 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8643 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8747 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8852 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8929 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.898 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9057 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9098 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9123 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9157 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9169 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9206 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9219 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9291 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.932 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9377 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9435 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9407 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9432 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9471 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9481 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6371 GPI | 0.6104 GPI | 0.6835 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7369 GPI | 0.6954 GPI | 0.7727 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8179 GPI | 0.7838 GPI | 0.8549 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8975 GPI | 0.8643 GPI | 0.9169 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9364 GPI | 0.9206 GPI | 0.9481 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Arab World
- Population ages 0-14 32.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 91.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.58 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 93.4% (2024)
- Labor force, total 140.07 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Arab World?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Arab World was 0.9481 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9481 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6104 GPI in 1971.
- How does Arab World rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Arab World ranks 33rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World 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.