School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9593 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) stood at 0.9593 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9593 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5666 GPI, in 1971.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5671 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5666 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5762 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.5852 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.5933 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.6031 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6174 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.6326 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6449 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6666 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6804 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6949 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7063 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7189 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7312 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7428 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7524 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.758 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7616 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7744 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7882 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.8004 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8146 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8236 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8276 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8425 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8318 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8532 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8622 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8716 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8806 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8897 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8964 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.903 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9087 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9143 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.92 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9294 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9294 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9303 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9319 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9317 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9373 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9416 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9486 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9507 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9541 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9549 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.957 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9593 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6053 GPI | 0.5666 GPI | 0.6666 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7321 GPI | 0.6804 GPI | 0.7744 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8316 GPI | 0.7882 GPI | 0.8716 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9102 GPI | 0.8806 GPI | 0.9303 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9467 GPI | 0.9317 GPI | 0.9593 GPI | 10 |
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- 36 British Virgin Islands 1.03 GPI compare
More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 32.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Number of infant deaths, male, per capita 0.0004 units per person (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, per capita 0.0004 units per person (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, male, annual growth rate -2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, annual growth rate -3.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita 0.0005 units per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.9593 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9593 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5666 GPI in 1971.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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.