School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) is 0.9647 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9647 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5578 GPI, in 1970.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5578 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5608 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5704 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.5789 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5866 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.596 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6098 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.6229 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.6292 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6503 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6635 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.6766 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6873 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.699 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7102 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7217 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7294 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7346 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7409 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7537 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7679 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.7808 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7944 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8028 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8072 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8205 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8118 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8334 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8437 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8549 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8655 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8736 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8818 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8924 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.904 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9111 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9197 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9254 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9354 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9325 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9344 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9365 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9429 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9412 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9467 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9514 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9579 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.959 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9647 GPI | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5963 GPI | 0.5578 GPI | 0.6503 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7117 GPI | 0.6635 GPI | 0.7537 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8117 GPI | 0.7679 GPI | 0.8549 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9041 GPI | 0.8655 GPI | 0.9354 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9483 GPI | 0.9344 GPI | 0.9647 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 32.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Number of infant deaths, male, per capita 0.0004 units per person (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, per capita 0.0004 units per person (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, male, annual growth rate -2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, annual growth rate -3.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita 0.0005 units per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5578 GPI in 1970.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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.