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
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Iraq, 1971–2007
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More education data for Iraq
- 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 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 286,890 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.0% (2025)
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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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.