Bhutan vs Saudi Arabia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index

Bhutan
1.02 GPI
in 2020
Saudi Arabia
1.02 GPI
in 2019
Bhutan rank
32nd
Saudi Arabia rank
31st

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index over time

  • Bhutan
  • Saudi Arabia
00.20.40.60.81197019952020

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 1.02 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Bhutan, a difference of 0 GPI.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Bhutan ranks 32nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 31st of 197 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Saudi Arabia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4072 GPI 0.6265 GPI 0.2193 GPI Saudi Arabia
2000s 1 GPI 0.978 GPI 0.0223 GPI Bhutan
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9989 GPI 0.0119 GPI Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index, Bhutan or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 1.02 GPI against 1.02 GPI in Bhutan as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index between Bhutan and Saudi Arabia?
0 GPI, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Saudi Arabia?
14 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2018.
How do Bhutan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Bhutan ranks 32nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 31st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, 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, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 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.