Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Egypt

Egypt: Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity was 1.01 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.01 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
74th
of 154 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 2002
All-time low
0.8992 GPI
in 1976
Years of data
11
1975–2018

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Egypt, 1975–2018

00.250.50.7511975199620181975: 0.917 GPI1976: 0.899 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Egypt stood at 1.01 GPI.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Egypt peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.8992 GPI, in 1976.

Egypt ranks 74th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) in Egypt, 1975 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1975 0.9169 GPI
1976 0.8992 GPI -1.9%
1999 1.01 GPI +12.0%
2000 1 GPI -0.2%
2001 1 GPI -0.1%
2002 1.04 GPI +3.6%
2003 1.01 GPI -3.1%
2005 1.02 GPI +1.5%
2009 1.01 GPI -1.1%
2016 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2018 1.01 GPI -0.2%

Egypt compared with similar countries

  • Egypt's 1.01 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.02 GPI, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Egypt's 1.01 GPI is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.01 GPI, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9081 GPI 0.8992 GPI 0.9169 GPI 2
1990s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1
2000s 1.01 GPI 1 GPI 1.04 GPI 6
2010s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 71 Uganda 1.01 GPI compare
  2. 72 Bahrain 1.01 GPI compare
  3. 73 India 1.01 GPI compare
  4. 75 Belarus 1.01 GPI compare
  5. 76 Brunei Darussalam 1.01 GPI compare
  6. 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.01 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Egypt?
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Egypt was 1.01 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2002.
What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8992 GPI in 1976.
How does Egypt rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity?
Egypt ranks 74th out of 154 countries with data for 2018.
Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
199 places, 4,879 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Ratio of female survival rate to the last grade of primary education to the male survival rate to the last grade of primary education. 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.