Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Hong Kong, China: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
0.9944 GPI
in 2019
Hong Kong, China
1.03 GPI
in 2019
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
15th
Hong Kong, China rank
17th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Hong Kong, China
00.250.50.751199620072019

How they compare

Hong Kong, China currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9944 GPI in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0356 GPI.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Hong Kong, China has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 15th and Hong Kong, China ranks 17th of 45 groups.

Hong Kong, China has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Hong Kong, China Difference Ahead
1990s 0.9695 GPI 0.9978 GPI 0.0283 GPI Hong Kong, China
2010s 0.9981 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0132 GPI Hong Kong, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Hong Kong, China?
Hong Kong, China, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9944 GPI in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Hong Kong, China?
0.0356 GPI, with Hong Kong, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Hong Kong, China?
9 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Hong Kong, China rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 15th and Hong Kong, China ranks 17th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, 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, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.