School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9561 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, 1973–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 0.9561 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates peaked at 1.05 GPI in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.7069 GPI, in 1973.
That places United Arab Emirates 159th out of 193 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.7069 GPI | — |
| 1974 | 0.8126 GPI | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 0.8524 GPI | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 0.8827 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.9392 GPI | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 0.9926 GPI | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 0.9892 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9775 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.923 GPI | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 0.9548 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.9334 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.9368 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9415 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9599 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.988 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 1.02 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 1.03 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1.03 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 1.03 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 1.04 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.04 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.02 GPI | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 1.02 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.04 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 1.05 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9635 GPI | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9561 GPI | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8822 GPI | 0.7069 GPI | 0.9926 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.9668 GPI | 0.923 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9598 GPI | 0.9561 GPI | 0.9635 GPI | 2 |
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More education data for United Arab Emirates
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 586,477 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 5.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0534 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 586,477 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0534 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 292,776 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates was 0.9561 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 1998.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7069 GPI in 1973.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 159th out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.