School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain
Bahrain: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain stood at 1.04 GPI.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.7337 GPI, in 1971.
That places Bahrain 26th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7337 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.778 GPI | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 0.8005 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.8188 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8258 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.8399 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.8503 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.858 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.852 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.8539 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.8523 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.8621 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9061 GPI | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9355 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.9626 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 0.9871 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9974 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 1 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 1.01 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.03 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 1.03 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.04 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 1.04 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.04 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1.03 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.02 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.03 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.03 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.03 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.03 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.05 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 1.07 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 1.07 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.07 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.08 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.08 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9986 GPI | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.03 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPI | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8175 GPI | 0.7337 GPI | 0.858 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9376 GPI | 0.8523 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9986 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 9 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- 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 9,404 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 77.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bahrain was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2006.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7337 GPI in 1971.
- How does Bahrain rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Bahrain ranks 26th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain 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.