School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Yemen
Yemen: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.4402 GPI in 2011. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Yemen, 1992–2011
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 0.4402 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2011. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Yemen peaked at 0.4402 GPI in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1558 GPI, in 1997.
That places Yemen 169th out of 177 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Yemen, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.2086 GPI | — |
| 1997 | 0.1558 GPI | -25.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2806 GPI | +80.2% |
| 2002 | 0.3394 GPI | +21.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3476 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3641 GPI | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.3611 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.382 GPI | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4116 GPI | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.43 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4367 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4402 GPI | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.215 GPI | 0.1558 GPI | 0.2806 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3765 GPI | 0.3394 GPI | 0.43 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4384 GPI | 0.4367 GPI | 0.4402 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More education data for Yemen
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 144,824 (2016)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 76.98 (2016)
- School enrollment, primary 77.0% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Yemen?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Yemen was 0.4402 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4402 GPI in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1558 GPI in 1997.
- How does Yemen rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Yemen ranks 169th out of 177 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.