School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9748 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan stood at 0.9748 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 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 peaked at 0.9748 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5724 GPI, in 1970.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 32nd out of 45 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5724 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.5753 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5841 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5916 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.5991 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6075 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6211 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6335 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6392 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6594 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6724 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.6853 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.6952 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7065 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7176 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7291 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.737 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7423 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.749 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7616 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7757 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7889 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8014 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8108 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8152 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8288 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.822 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8425 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8542 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8664 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8777 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8861 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8949 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9066 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9188 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9261 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9332 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9374 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9455 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9416 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9449 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9468 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9538 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9522 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9581 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9652 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9678 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9678 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9748 GPI | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6083 GPI | 0.5724 GPI | 0.6594 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7196 GPI | 0.6724 GPI | 0.7616 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8206 GPI | 0.7757 GPI | 0.8664 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9168 GPI | 0.8777 GPI | 0.9455 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.959 GPI | 0.9449 GPI | 0.9748 GPI | 9 |
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More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 91.90 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 68.09 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.113 units per person (2024)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.9748 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9748 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5724 GPI in 1970.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 32nd 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?
- 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 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.