School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Syrian Arab Republic, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Syrian Arab Republic is 1.14 GPI, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2601 GPI, in 1971.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 99th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.2601 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.2787 GPI | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 0.263 GPI | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 0.2759 GPI | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.2995 GPI | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 0.339 GPI | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 0.3221 GPI | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.3629 GPI | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 0.3696 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.4096 GPI | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 0.4187 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.49 GPI | +17.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4765 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 0.5066 GPI | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 0.515 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.5489 GPI | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5631 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5612 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.5603 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6392 GPI | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 0.6502 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.6712 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7073 GPI | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 0.7151 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7238 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8597 GPI | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 0.888 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8493 GPI | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8965 GPI | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9169 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.875 GPI | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9001 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9238 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8648 GPI | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9931 GPI | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9805 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9981 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.1 GPI | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 1.14 GPI | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3079 GPI | 0.2601 GPI | 0.3696 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.505 GPI | 0.4096 GPI | 0.5631 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6845 GPI | 0.6392 GPI | 0.7238 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8887 GPI | 0.8493 GPI | 0.9238 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 0.8648 GPI | 1.14 GPI | 7 |
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More education data for Syrian Arab Republic
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 144,621 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 81.41 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 81.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Syrian Arab Republic?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Syrian Arab Republic was 1.14 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2601 GPI in 1971.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 99th out of 177 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.