Hong Kong, China vs Portugal: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index

Hong Kong, China
0.9851 GPI
in 2019
Portugal
0.9834 GPI
in 2018
Hong Kong, China rank
125th
Portugal rank
128th

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Hong Kong, China
  • Portugal
00.250.50.7511.2197119952019

How they compare

Hong Kong, China currently reports 0.9851 GPI against 0.9834 GPI in Portugal, a difference of 0.0017 GPI.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Hong Kong, China ahead.

Hong Kong, China ranks 125th and Portugal ranks 128th of 195 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Hong Kong, China averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong, China Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8787 GPI 0.9231 GPI 0.0444 GPI Portugal
1980s 1.05 GPI 1.01 GPI 0.0459 GPI Hong Kong, China
1990s 1.05 GPI 1.09 GPI 0.0436 GPI Portugal
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.07 GPI 0.0692 GPI Portugal
2010s 0.9915 GPI 0.9859 GPI 0.0056 GPI Hong Kong, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index, Hong Kong, China or Portugal?
Hong Kong, China, at 0.9851 GPI against 0.9834 GPI in Portugal as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index between Hong Kong, China and Portugal?
0.0017 GPI, with Hong Kong, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Portugal?
31 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Hong Kong, China and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Hong Kong, China ranks 125th and Portugal ranks 128th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, 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, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.