School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tunisia
Tunisia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.12 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tunisia, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 1.12 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tunisia peaked at 1.12 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5865 GPI, in 1971.
That places Tunisia 14th out of 175 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5865 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.5892 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5949 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.5952 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6056 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6268 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6374 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.6457 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6636 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.6739 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.692 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7138 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7288 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7507 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7695 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7821 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7942 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.8025 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8162 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8286 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8441 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8628 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.879 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8995 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.9135 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9282 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9407 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9761 GPI | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 1 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 1.01 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1.02 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.04 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 1.06 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1.08 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.09 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.09 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.09 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.12 GPI | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6161 GPI | 0.5865 GPI | 0.6636 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7524 GPI | 0.6739 GPI | 0.8162 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.897 GPI | 0.8286 GPI | 0.9761 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.05 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.1 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 1.12 GPI | 3 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 11 Palestine, State of 1.14 GPI compare
- 12 Uruguay 1.13 GPI compare
- 13 Bermuda 1.12 GPI compare
- 15 Antigua and Barbuda 1.12 GPI compare
- 16 Albania 1.12 GPI compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 1.11 GPI compare
More education data for Tunisia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 84,596 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (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 Tunisia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tunisia was 1.12 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5865 GPI in 1971.
- How does Tunisia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Tunisia ranks 14th out of 175 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.