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

Latest (2016)
0.8153 GPI
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
185th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.8153 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.4706 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
11
1999–2016

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Yemen, 1999–2016

00.20.40.60.81999200720161999: 0.471 GPI2001: 0.535 GPI2003: 0.58 GPI2004: 0.611 GPI2005: 0.643 GPI2008: 0.719 GPI2010: 0.746 GPI2011: 0.75 GPI2012: 0.764 GPI2013: 0.784 GPI2016: 0.815 GPI

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Yemen, 1999 to 2016.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 182 Liberia 0.8482 GPI compare
  2. 183 Papua New Guinea 0.847 GPI compare
  3. 184 Niger 0.8279 GPI compare
  4. 186 Iraq 0.803 GPI compare
  5. 187 Guinea 0.7713 GPI compare
  6. 188 Central African Republic 0.7597 GPI compare

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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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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
Last refreshed

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.