School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9619 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 0.9619 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 0.9619 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5809 GPI, in 1971.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 32nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5812 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5809 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.5897 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5978 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6055 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6146 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6283 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6428 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.6542 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6748 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6882 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7018 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7128 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7248 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7367 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7481 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7575 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.763 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7671 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7794 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7927 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.8046 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.8184 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8276 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8322 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8468 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8382 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8585 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8675 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.877 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8863 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8958 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9028 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9098 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9163 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9226 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9273 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9346 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9341 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9339 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9368 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9372 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9443 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9481 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9548 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9595 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9575 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.958 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9613 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9619 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.617 GPI | 0.5809 GPI | 0.6748 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7379 GPI | 0.6882 GPI | 0.7794 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8364 GPI | 0.7927 GPI | 0.877 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9164 GPI | 0.8863 GPI | 0.9346 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9519 GPI | 0.9368 GPI | 0.9619 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Population ages 0-14 31.7% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 68.09 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 91.90 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.113 units per person (2024)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.9619 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9619 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5809 GPI in 1971.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 32nd 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?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.