School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9989 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.9989 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 0.9989 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6097 GPI, in 1971.
That places Egypt 100th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6097 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.6117 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6135 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6186 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.6134 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.6262 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6352 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.6403 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6539 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6597 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6763 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.6894 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.7046 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7222 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7399 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7571 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7693 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7614 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7945 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 0.813 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8217 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.8549 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8621 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8486 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8854 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8153 GPI | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8761 GPI | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9231 GPI | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 0.932 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9414 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9508 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9574 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9764 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9715 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9693 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9853 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9855 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9957 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9922 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9928 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9949 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9989 GPI | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6247 GPI | 0.6097 GPI | 0.6539 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7274 GPI | 0.6597 GPI | 0.7945 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8556 GPI | 0.813 GPI | 0.9231 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9516 GPI | 0.932 GPI | 0.9764 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9874 GPI | 0.9693 GPI | 0.9989 GPI | 9 |
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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, gender parity index in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Egypt was 0.9989 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9989 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6097 GPI in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 100th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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, 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.