Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity was 0.9901 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.9901 GPI
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
44th
of 45 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.8997 GPI
in 1978
Years of data
49
1970–2018

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2018

00.250.50.751197019942018

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) is 0.9901 GPI, measured in 2018.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 1 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8997 GPI, in 1978.

That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1970 0.9235 GPI
1971 0.9219 GPI -0.2%
1972 0.9295 GPI +0.8%
1973 0.9206 GPI -1.0%
1974 0.9154 GPI -0.6%
1975 0.9185 GPI +0.3%
1976 0.9127 GPI -0.6%
1977 0.9129 GPI +0.0%
1978 0.8997 GPI -1.4%
1979 0.9121 GPI +1.4%
1980 0.9151 GPI +0.3%
1981 0.9263 GPI +1.2%
1982 0.9318 GPI +0.6%
1983 0.921 GPI -1.2%
1984 0.9232 GPI +0.2%
1985 0.9351 GPI +1.3%
1986 0.9335 GPI -0.2%
1987 0.9624 GPI +3.1%
1988 0.9497 GPI -1.3%
1989 0.9572 GPI +0.8%
1990 0.9576 GPI +0.0%
1991 0.9694 GPI +1.2%
1992 0.9738 GPI +0.5%
1993 0.9746 GPI +0.1%
1994 0.9709 GPI -0.4%
1995 0.9757 GPI +0.5%
1996 0.985 GPI +1.0%
1997 0.9914 GPI +0.7%
1998 0.9967 GPI +0.5%
1999 0.9989 GPI +0.2%
2000 0.9987 GPI -0.0%
2001 0.9962 GPI -0.2%
2002 0.9981 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.9867 GPI -1.1%
2004 0.9946 GPI +0.8%
2005 0.9945 GPI -0.0%
2006 0.9973 GPI +0.3%
2007 0.9964 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.998 GPI +0.2%
2009 0.9988 GPI +0.1%
2010 0.9933 GPI -0.6%
2011 0.9974 GPI +0.4%
2012 0.9972 GPI -0.0%
2013 0.9955 GPI -0.2%
2014 0.9905 GPI -0.5%
2015 1 GPI +1.3%
2016 0.9909 GPI -1.3%
2017 0.9916 GPI +0.1%
2018 0.9901 GPI -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9167 GPI 0.8997 GPI 0.9295 GPI 10
1980s 0.9355 GPI 0.9151 GPI 0.9624 GPI 10
1990s 0.9794 GPI 0.9576 GPI 0.9989 GPI 10
2000s 0.9959 GPI 0.9867 GPI 0.9988 GPI 10
2010s 0.9945 GPI 0.9901 GPI 1 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

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  3. 43 Sudan 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 44 Zimbabwe 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 45 Malta 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 46 Gabon 1.04 GPI compare
  7. 47 Niger 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.9901 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8997 GPI in 1978.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 44th out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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.