School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9983 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.9983 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 0.9983 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5964 GPI, in 1971.
That places Egypt 121st out of 175 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5964 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.5977 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.5999 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6034 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.5982 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6103 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6125 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.6168 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.6313 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6372 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6527 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.6635 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.6772 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.691 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7129 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 0.719 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7274 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.7337 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7689 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7886 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.8048 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9222 GPI | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9425 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9396 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9657 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9644 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9634 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9722 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9723 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9808 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9961 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9983 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6074 GPI | 0.5964 GPI | 0.6313 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.6983 GPI | 0.6372 GPI | 0.7689 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7967 GPI | 0.7886 GPI | 0.8048 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9425 GPI | 0.9222 GPI | 0.9657 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9782 GPI | 0.9634 GPI | 0.9983 GPI | 7 |
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More education data for Egypt
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.94 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt was 0.9983 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9983 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5964 GPI in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 121st out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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, 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.