School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Oman
Oman: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9609 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Oman, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Oman recorded 0.9609 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Oman peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.1498 GPI, in 1972.
Oman ranks 157th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Oman, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.1616 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.1498 GPI | -7.3% |
| 1973 | 0.2022 GPI | +35.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2839 GPI | +40.4% |
| 1975 | 0.3366 GPI | +18.5% |
| 1976 | 0.371 GPI | +10.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4047 GPI | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.4173 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4472 GPI | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 0.4651 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 0.4859 GPI | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 0.5174 GPI | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5555 GPI | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6063 GPI | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 0.6577 GPI | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7047 GPI | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7421 GPI | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7778 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 0.8106 GPI | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8277 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8837 GPI | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 0.9167 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.929 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9767 GPI | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9893 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9745 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.9967 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9896 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.9886 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.979 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9802 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9661 GPI | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9569 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9761 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9937 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9904 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9815 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9536 GPI | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9923 GPI | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9817 GPI | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9951 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.979 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9609 GPI | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3083 GPI | 0.1498 GPI | 0.4472 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.6323 GPI | 0.4651 GPI | 0.8106 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9472 GPI | 0.8277 GPI | 0.9967 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9753 GPI | 0.9536 GPI | 0.9937 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.996 GPI | 0.9609 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 8 |
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More education data for Oman
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34,743 (2024)
- 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 73.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 94.72 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 94.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Oman?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Oman was 0.9609 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1498 GPI in 1972.
- How does Oman rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Oman ranks 157th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oman 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.