School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Arab World
Arab World: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9647 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Arab World, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Arab World stood at 0.9647 GPI. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Arab World peaked at 0.9647 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6076 GPI, in 1971.
That places Arab World 31st out of 43 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Arab World, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6111 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6076 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.6134 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6184 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.6252 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.629 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6382 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6469 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.6545 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.6745 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6859 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.6974 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.707 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7156 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7225 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7317 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7391 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7458 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7528 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7645 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7772 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7867 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.7989 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8059 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8077 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8204 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8091 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8286 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8397 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.851 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8615 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8722 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8839 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8957 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8986 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9077 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9148 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9131 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9236 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9228 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9287 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9302 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9351 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9385 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9448 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9536 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9565 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9581 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9647 GPI | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6319 GPI | 0.6076 GPI | 0.6745 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7262 GPI | 0.6859 GPI | 0.7645 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8125 GPI | 0.7772 GPI | 0.851 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8994 GPI | 0.8615 GPI | 0.9236 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9456 GPI | 0.9287 GPI | 0.9647 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
More education data for Arab World
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 32.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.58 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 93.4% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.2783 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Arab World?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Arab World was 0.9647 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9647 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6076 GPI in 1971.
- How does Arab World rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Arab World ranks 31st out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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.