School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9958 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9958 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
138th
of 179 countries
All-time high
0.9958 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5768 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
37
1971–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt is 0.9958 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt peaked at 0.9958 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5768 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Egypt 138th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5768 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.5796 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5839 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.589 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.5865 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.5995 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6053 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6124 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.6294 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.6375 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6548 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.6682 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.684 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6993 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.722 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7278 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7379 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.746 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7821 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8011 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8163 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9291 GPIA | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9326 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9498 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9465 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9681 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9648 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9619 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.968 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9668 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9739 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9872 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9886 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.992 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9822 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.987 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9958 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5958 GPIA | 0.5768 GPIA | 0.6294 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.706 GPIA | 0.6375 GPIA | 0.7821 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8087 GPIA | 0.8011 GPIA | 0.8163 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9452 GPIA | 0.9291 GPIA | 0.9681 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9754 GPIA | 0.9619 GPIA | 0.992 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9883 GPIA | 0.9822 GPIA | 0.9958 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 135 Türkiye 1 GPIA compare
- 136 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
- 137 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9992 GPIA compare
- 139 Rwanda 0.9957 GPIA compare
- 140 Japan 0.9955 GPIA compare
- 141 San Marino 0.9899 GPIA compare
More education data for Egypt
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.87 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 319,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 163,427 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.92 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Egypt was 0.9958 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9958 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5768 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Egypt ranks 138th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release