School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iraq

Iraq: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.803 GPI in 2007. ▲ Rising

Latest (2007)
0.803 GPI
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
186th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.803 GPI
in 2007
All-time low
0.4206 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
26
1971–2007

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iraq, 1971–2007

00.20.40.60.81971198920071971: 0.424 GPI1972: 0.421 GPI1973: 0.429 GPI1974: 0.443 GPI1975: 0.47 GPI1976: 0.489 GPI1977: 0.533 GPI1978: 0.564 GPI1979: 0.665 GPI1980: 0.704 GPI1981: 0.748 GPI1982: 0.762 GPI1983: 0.78 GPI1984: 0.768 GPI1985: 0.747 GPI1986: 0.748 GPI1987: 0.752 GPI1988: 0.776 GPI1989: 0.761 GPI1993: 0.774 GPI1996: 0.78 GPI1999: 0.767 GPI2000: 0.76 GPI2003: 0.803 GPI2004: 0.779 GPI2007: 0.803 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Iraq recorded 0.803 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2007. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iraq peaked at 0.803 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.4206 GPI, in 1972.

Iraq ranks 186th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iraq, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Iraq, 1971 to 2007.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.4244 GPI
1972 0.4206 GPI -0.9%
1973 0.4293 GPI +2.1%
1974 0.4426 GPI +3.1%
1975 0.4704 GPI +6.3%
1976 0.4888 GPI +3.9%
1977 0.533 GPI +9.0%
1978 0.5638 GPI +5.8%
1979 0.6648 GPI +17.9%
1980 0.7041 GPI +5.9%
1981 0.7476 GPI +6.2%
1982 0.7619 GPI +1.9%
1983 0.7797 GPI +2.3%
1984 0.7679 GPI -1.5%
1985 0.7471 GPI -2.7%
1986 0.7477 GPI +0.1%
1987 0.7522 GPI +0.6%
1988 0.7756 GPI +3.1%
1989 0.7606 GPI -1.9%
1993 0.7742 GPI +1.8%
1996 0.7803 GPI +0.8%
1999 0.7672 GPI -1.7%
2000 0.7596 GPI -1.0%
2003 0.8025 GPI +5.7%
2004 0.7792 GPI -2.9%
2007 0.803 GPI +3.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4931 GPI 0.4206 GPI 0.6648 GPI 9
1980s 0.7544 GPI 0.7041 GPI 0.7797 GPI 10
1990s 0.7739 GPI 0.7672 GPI 0.7803 GPI 3
2000s 0.7861 GPI 0.7596 GPI 0.803 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 183 Papua New Guinea 0.847 GPI compare
  2. 184 Niger 0.8279 GPI compare
  3. 185 Yemen 0.8153 GPI compare
  4. 187 Guinea 0.7713 GPI compare
  5. 188 Central African Republic 0.7597 GPI compare
  6. 189 Chad 0.7158 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iraq?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iraq was 0.803 GPI in 2007, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 0.803 GPI in 2007.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4206 GPI in 1972.
How does Iraq rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Iraq ranks 186th out of 193 countries with data for 2007.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iraq 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.