School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.03 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1.03 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3733 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Egypt 139th out of 191 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3733 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.3805 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.4048 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 0.4124 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.421 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.4405 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 0.4144 GPIA | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 0.4218 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.4456 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 0.4584 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.4788 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 0.4859 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4957 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.49 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.5235 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 0.447 GPIA | -14.6% |
| 1987 | 0.4219 GPIA | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5161 GPIA | +22.4% |
| 1989 | 0.5366 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 0.5537 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.6123 GPIA | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7993 GPIA | +30.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8249 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8746 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8133 GPIA | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8452 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8818 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7648 GPIA | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9342 GPIA | +22.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9003 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9195 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9145 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9031 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9046 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.908 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9756 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.985 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 1.02 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.03 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4127 GPIA | 0.3733 GPIA | 0.4456 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4854 GPIA | 0.4219 GPIA | 0.5366 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.583 GPIA | 0.5537 GPIA | 0.6123 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8487 GPIA | 0.7648 GPIA | 0.9342 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9679 GPIA | 0.9031 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.985 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 6 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- 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 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt was 1.03 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3733 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 139th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release