School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.962 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 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 (IDA & IBRD) is 0.962 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.962 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5521 GPI, in 1970.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 35th 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 (IDA & IBRD), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5521 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5552 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.5651 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.5738 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.5817 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.5914 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6056 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.619 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6255 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.6468 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6603 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6735 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.6843 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6962 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7076 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7193 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7271 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7324 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7388 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7517 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.766 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.779 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7926 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8011 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8055 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8188 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8099 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8314 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8415 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8527 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.863 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.871 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8793 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8899 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9018 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9089 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9171 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9227 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9328 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9297 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9316 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9334 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9402 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9382 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9437 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9485 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9551 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9563 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.962 GPI | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5916 GPI | 0.5521 GPI | 0.6468 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7091 GPI | 0.6603 GPI | 0.7517 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8098 GPI | 0.766 GPI | 0.8527 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9016 GPI | 0.863 GPI | 0.9328 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9455 GPI | 0.9316 GPI | 0.962 GPI | 9 |
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More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 32.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.1% (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 -2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, female, annual growth rate -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita 0.0005 units per person (2024)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.962 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.962 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5521 GPI in 1970.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 35th 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- 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 (IDA & IBRD) 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.