School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Iran

Iran: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8667 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.8667 GPI
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
132nd
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.15 GPI
in 2008
All-time low
0.3605 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
28
1971–2018

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Iran, 1971–2018

0.40.60.811.21971199420181971: 0.36 GPI1972: 0.452 GPI1973: 0.46 GPI1974: 0.447 GPI1975: 0.429 GPI1976: 0.421 GPI1977: 0.457 GPI1978: 0.493 GPI1996: 0.611 GPI1999: 0.816 GPI2000: 0.875 GPI2001: 0.947 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.2 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 0.997 GPI2011: 0.995 GPI2012: 0.98 GPI2013: 0.905 GPI2014: 0.873 GPI2016: 0.841 GPI2017: 0.845 GPI2018: 0.867 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Iran stood at 0.8667 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Iran peaked at 1.15 GPI in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3605 GPI, in 1971.

Iran ranks 132nd of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4401 GPI 0.3605 GPI 0.4934 GPI 8
1990s 0.7133 GPI 0.6109 GPI 0.8157 GPI 2
2000s 1.05 GPI 0.8752 GPI 1.15 GPI 10
2010s 0.913 GPI 0.8414 GPI 0.9971 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 129 Türkiye 0.8711 GPI compare
  2. 130 Pakistan 0.8709 GPI compare
  3. 131 Eswatini 0.8679 GPI compare
  4. 133 Ghana 0.8471 GPI compare
  5. 134 Uzbekistan 0.8451 GPI compare
  6. 135 Zimbabwe 0.84 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Iran?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Iran was 0.8667 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Iran?
The highest recorded value was 1.15 GPI in 2008.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Iran?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3605 GPI in 1971.
How does Iran rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Iran ranks 132nd out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Iran?
Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iran 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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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.