School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.42 GPI in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
1.42 GPI
Change on year
down 32.2%
World rank
47th
of 177 countries
All-time high
5.41 GPI
in 1992
All-time low
1.42 GPI
in 2017
Years of data
27
1978–2017

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, 1978–2017

123451978199720171978: 1.8 GPI1979: 1.9 GPI1980: 2 GPI1981: 2 GPI1982: 2.1 GPI1983: 1.9 GPI1984: 1.7 GPI1985: 2.1 GPI1986: 1.9 GPI1987: 2.1 GPI1988: 2.6 GPI1989: 3.4 GPI1990: 3.9 GPI1991: 4.2 GPI1992: 5.4 GPI1993: 4 GPI2007: 2.9 GPI2008: 3 GPI2009: 3 GPI2010: 2.9 GPI2011: 2.4 GPI2012: 2.1 GPI2013: 2.3 GPI2014: 2.2 GPI2015: 2.2 GPI2016: 2.1 GPI2017: 1.4 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates stood at 1.42 GPI. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.

The figure is down 32.2% on the previous year and down 51.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates peaked at 5.41 GPI in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1.42 GPI, in 2017.

United Arab Emirates ranks 47th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in United Arab Emirates, 1978 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1978 1.75 GPI
1979 1.87 GPI +6.8%
1980 2.02 GPI +7.7%
1981 2.02 GPI +0.1%
1982 2.09 GPI +3.4%
1983 1.88 GPI -9.9%
1984 1.72 GPI -8.3%
1985 2.12 GPI +22.9%
1986 1.94 GPI -8.3%
1987 2.14 GPI +10.0%
1988 2.58 GPI +20.7%
1989 3.36 GPI +30.4%
1990 3.94 GPI +17.1%
1991 4.18 GPI +6.2%
1992 5.41 GPI +29.5%
1993 4.02 GPI -25.7%
2007 2.94 GPI -27.0%
2008 2.99 GPI +1.9%
2009 3.01 GPI +0.6%
2010 2.92 GPI -3.2%
2011 2.38 GPI -18.3%
2012 2.14 GPI -10.0%
2013 2.29 GPI +6.6%
2014 2.24 GPI -2.2%
2015 2.2 GPI -1.4%
2016 2.09 GPI -5.1%
2017 1.42 GPI -32.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.81 GPI 1.75 GPI 1.87 GPI 2
1980s 2.19 GPI 1.72 GPI 3.36 GPI 10
1990s 4.39 GPI 3.94 GPI 5.41 GPI 4
2000s 2.98 GPI 2.94 GPI 3.01 GPI 3
2010s 2.21 GPI 1.42 GPI 2.92 GPI 8

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 44 Slovenia 1.45 GPI compare
  2. 45 Botswana 1.43 GPI compare
  3. 46 New Zealand 1.42 GPI compare
  4. 48 Thailand 1.41 GPI compare
  5. 49 Mauritius 1.4 GPI compare
  6. 50 Czechia 1.4 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in United Arab Emirates was 1.42 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 5.41 GPI in 1992.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 1.42 GPI in 2017.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
United Arab Emirates ranks 47th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
Over the last ten years it is down 51.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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
Last refreshed

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.