South Africa vs Thailand: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity

South Africa
0.9712 GPI
in 2018
Thailand
0.9702 GPI
in 2019
South Africa rank
145th
Thailand rank
147th

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

  • South Africa
  • Thailand
00.250.50.751199820082019

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.9712 GPI against 0.9702 GPI in Thailand, a difference of 0.001 GPI.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2001 it was South Africa ahead.

South Africa ranks 145th and Thailand ranks 147th of 188 countries.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Thailand Difference Ahead
2000s 0.982 GPI 0.9871 GPI 0.0051 GPI Thailand
2010s 0.9696 GPI 0.9732 GPI 0.0036 GPI Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity, South Africa or Thailand?
South Africa, at 0.9712 GPI against 0.9702 GPI in Thailand as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity between South Africa and Thailand?
0.001 GPI, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Thailand?
15 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2018.
How do South Africa and Thailand rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
South Africa ranks 145th and Thailand ranks 147th of 188 countries.
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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About this data

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.