School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Syria
Syria: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9817 GPI in 2013. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Syria, 1971–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Syria recorded 0.9817 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2013.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Syria peaked at 0.9883 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.4956 GPI, in 1971.
Syria ranks 133rd of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Syria, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4956 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.5273 GPI | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.5438 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.5625 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.5773 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 0.593 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6134 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.629 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6478 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 0.6846 GPI | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7032 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7274 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7407 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7614 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7809 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7992 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.8126 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8233 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.8313 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.842 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8458 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.8597 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8762 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8806 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8891 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9009 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.91 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9176 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.918 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9233 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9254 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9316 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9471 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9546 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9633 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9709 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9821 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9867 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9883 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9849 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9834 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9824 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9817 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5766 GPI | 0.4956 GPI | 0.6478 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7665 GPI | 0.6846 GPI | 0.8313 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.884 GPI | 0.842 GPI | 0.918 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9573 GPI | 0.9233 GPI | 0.9883 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9831 GPI | 0.9817 GPI | 0.9849 GPI | 4 |
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More education data for Syria
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,728 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 361,423 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -8.15 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 335,992 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -11.44 % change on previous year (2016)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Syria?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Syria was 0.9817 GPI in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9883 GPI in 2009.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4956 GPI in 1971.
- How does Syria rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Syria ranks 133rd out of 193 countries with data for 2013.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria 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.