School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1.03 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2017. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.3966 GPI, in 1971.
That places Egypt 120th out of 177 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3966 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.4055 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4341 GPI | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4421 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.4507 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4702 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 0.4381 GPI | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4407 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.4596 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.4668 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.4816 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.4827 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.4872 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.4776 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.5076 GPI | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 0.4328 GPI | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 0.4088 GPI | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 0.4991 GPI | +22.1% |
| 1989 | 0.5168 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5319 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 0.5833 GPI | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7911 GPI | +35.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8169 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8681 GPI | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8093 GPI | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8412 GPI | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8797 GPI | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7635 GPI | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9334 GPI | +22.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8989 GPI | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9162 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9099 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8946 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8927 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8942 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9615 GPI | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPI | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPI | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4375 GPI | 0.3966 GPI | 0.4702 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4761 GPI | 0.4088 GPI | 0.5168 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5576 GPI | 0.5319 GPI | 0.5833 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8447 GPI | 0.7635 GPI | 0.9334 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9408 GPI | 0.8927 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 8 |
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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, gender parity index in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Egypt was 1.03 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3966 GPI in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 120th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.5%. 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, 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.