Bangladesh vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index

Bangladesh
1.04 GPI
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
0.9796 GPI
in 2019
Bangladesh rank
38th
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
42nd

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index over time

  • Bangladesh
  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
00.511.5197319962019

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 1.04 GPI against 0.9796 GPI in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0604 GPI.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1988 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 38th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 189 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.8374 GPI 0.9643 GPI 0.1268 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 1.05 GPI 0.9704 GPI 0.0808 GPI Bangladesh
2000s 1 GPI 0.9586 GPI 0.0455 GPI Bangladesh
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9767 GPI 0.036 GPI Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Bangladesh or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
Bangladesh, at 1.04 GPI against 0.9796 GPI in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Bangladesh and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
0.0604 GPI, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
17 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2018.
How do Bangladesh and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Bangladesh ranks 38th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 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.