School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9577 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) recorded 0.9577 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. 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 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.9577 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5611 GPI, in 1971.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 (IDA & IBRD), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5615 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5611 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.571 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.5803 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.5886 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.5987 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6132 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.6287 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6412 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6632 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6772 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6919 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7035 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.7163 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7287 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7405 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7502 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7559 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7596 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7725 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7864 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7987 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8129 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.822 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.826 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8409 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8299 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8512 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8601 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8694 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8781 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.887 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8939 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9007 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9065 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9122 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9179 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9274 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9274 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9283 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.93 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9297 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9355 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9397 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9469 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.949 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9524 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9532 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9553 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9577 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6007 GPI | 0.5611 GPI | 0.6632 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7296 GPI | 0.6772 GPI | 0.7725 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8297 GPI | 0.7864 GPI | 0.8694 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.908 GPI | 0.8781 GPI | 0.9283 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9449 GPI | 0.9297 GPI | 0.9577 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- 31 Nicaragua 1.03 GPI compare
- 32 Malaysia 1.03 GPI compare
- 33 Croatia 1.03 GPI compare
- 34 San Marino 1.03 GPI compare
- 35 Tuvalu 1.03 GPI compare
- 36 British Virgin Islands 1.03 GPI compare
- 37 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPI compare
More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 32.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.1% (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 -2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, annual growth rate -3.23 % 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.9577 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9577 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5611 GPI in 1971.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 34th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.