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

Latest (2017)
0.9561 GPI
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
159th
of 193 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 1998
All-time low
0.7069 GPI
in 1973
Years of data
27
1973–2017

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, 1973–2017

00.250.50.7511973199520171973: 0.707 GPI1974: 0.813 GPI1975: 0.852 GPI1976: 0.883 GPI1977: 0.939 GPI1978: 0.993 GPI1979: 0.989 GPI1980: 0.977 GPI1981: 0.923 GPI1982: 0.955 GPI1983: 0.933 GPI1984: 0.937 GPI1985: 0.941 GPI1986: 0.96 GPI1987: 0.988 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 1 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI2016: 0.964 GPI2017: 0.956 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in United Arab Emirates, 1973 to 2017.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 156 Saudi Arabia 0.961 GPI compare
  2. 157 Oman 0.9609 GPI compare
  3. 158 Sudan 0.9578 GPI compare
  4. 160 Uganda 0.9524 GPI compare
  5. 161 Peru 0.9504 GPI compare
  6. 162 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9492 GPI compare

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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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
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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.