School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Qatar
Qatar: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9631 GPI in 2010. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Qatar, 1971–2010
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Qatar is 0.9631 GPI, measured in 2010.
The figure is down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Qatar peaked at 1.14 GPI in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.8546 GPI, in 1971.
Qatar ranks 155th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Qatar, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8546 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.9698 GPI | +13.5% |
| 1973 | 1.04 GPI | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 1.08 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 1.07 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 1.14 GPI | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 1.09 GPI | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 1.06 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 1.04 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 1.06 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 1.04 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.9701 GPI | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 0.9849 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.977 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.9779 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9438 GPI | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 1.07 GPI | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 1.06 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 1.07 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1.07 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 1.06 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 1.04 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 1.04 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.9958 GPI | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.9811 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9837 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9863 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPI | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 1.03 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.06 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9912 GPI | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9427 GPI | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.901 GPI | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9417 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 1.04 GPI | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9631 GPI | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.04 GPI | 0.8546 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.01 GPI | 0.9438 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9811 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9867 GPI | 0.901 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9631 GPI | 0.9631 GPI | 0.9631 GPI | 1 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More education data for Qatar
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 14,931 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 83.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.56 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Qatar?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Qatar was 0.9631 GPI in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 1976.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8546 GPI in 1971.
- How does Qatar rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Qatar ranks 155th out of 193 countries with data for 2010.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Qatar 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.