Hong Kong vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index

Hong Kong
1.04 GPI
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.9868 GPI
in 2019
Hong Kong rank
35th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
34th

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

  • Hong Kong
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
00.250.50.751197019942019

How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 1.04 GPI against 0.9868 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0532 GPI.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Hong Kong has been ahead every year.

Hong Kong ranks 35th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th of 189 countries.

Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9813 GPI 0.5817 GPI 0.3996 GPI Hong Kong
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.6276 GPI 0.3829 GPI Hong Kong
1990s 1.02 GPI 0.7079 GPI 0.3128 GPI Hong Kong
2010s 1.06 GPI 0.965 GPI 0.0967 GPI Hong Kong

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index, Hong Kong or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Hong Kong, at 1.04 GPI against 0.9868 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index between Hong Kong and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0532 GPI, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
29 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Hong Kong and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Hong Kong ranks 35th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 34th 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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About this data

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.