Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt
Egypt: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9998 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.9998 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt peaked at 1 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6399 index, in 1971.
That places Egypt 87th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6399 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.6411 index | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6419 index | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.6491 index | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6521 index | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6627 index | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6733 index | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.6844 index | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.699 index | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7092 index | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7239 index | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7377 index | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.7553 index | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7776 index | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7978 index | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.8148 index | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8286 index | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7977 index | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8432 index | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8558 index | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.8457 index | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8657 index | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8714 index | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8552 index | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.8891 index | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7638 index | -14.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8794 index | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9298 index | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9404 index | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9514 index | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9599 index | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9681 index | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9765 index | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9547 index | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9556 index | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9608 index | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9821 index | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9644 index | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9646 index | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9446 index | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9726 index | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9756 index | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9804 index | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9861 index | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9898 index | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9918 index | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.996 index | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9934 index | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9913 index | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1 index | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9998 index | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9998 index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6604 index | 0.6399 index | 0.699 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7786 index | 0.7092 index | 0.8432 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8618 index | 0.7638 index | 0.9298 index | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9614 index | 0.9404 index | 0.9821 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9779 index | 0.9446 index | 0.996 index | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9976 index | 0.9913 index | 1 index | 5 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
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- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.154 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.1792 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1616 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Egypt was 0.9998 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6399 index in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Egypt ranks 87th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.