School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Yemen
Yemen: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.8153 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Yemen, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 0.8153 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Yemen peaked at 0.8153 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4706 GPI, in 1999.
Yemen ranks 185th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Yemen, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.4706 GPI | — |
| 2001 | 0.5345 GPI | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 0.5795 GPI | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6109 GPI | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6433 GPI | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.719 GPI | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7464 GPI | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7496 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7641 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.784 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8153 GPI | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4706 GPI | 0.4706 GPI | 0.4706 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6174 GPI | 0.5345 GPI | 0.719 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.7719 GPI | 0.7464 GPI | 0.8153 GPI | 5 |
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More education data for Yemen
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36,320 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 267,498 (2011)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.7 % change on previous year (2011)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 80,059 (2011)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.22 % change on previous year (2011)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 187,439 (2011)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.91 % change on previous year (2011)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Yemen?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Yemen was 0.8153 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8153 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4706 GPI in 1999.
- How does Yemen rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Yemen ranks 185th out of 193 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.