School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Iraq
Iraq: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7615 GPI in 2004. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Iraq, 1971–2004
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Iraq is 0.7615 GPI, measured in 2004.
The figure is up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Iraq peaked at 0.7686 GPI in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.4148 GPI, in 1972.
Iraq ranks 168th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Iraq, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4192 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.4148 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.4222 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4382 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 0.4685 GPI | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 0.4898 GPI | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 0.5309 GPI | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5609 GPI | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 0.6574 GPI | +17.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6925 GPI | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7343 GPI | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7453 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7614 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7508 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.7255 GPI | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7364 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7457 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7686 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7509 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.7504 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7425 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7615 GPI | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4891 GPI | 0.4148 GPI | 0.6574 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7411 GPI | 0.6925 GPI | 0.7686 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7504 GPI | 0.7504 GPI | 0.7504 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.752 GPI | 0.7425 GPI | 0.7615 GPI | 2 |
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More education data for Iraq
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 286,890 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Iraq?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Iraq was 0.7615 GPI in 2004, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7686 GPI in 1988.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4148 GPI in 1972.
- How does Iraq rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Iraq ranks 168th out of 175 countries with data for 2004.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.