School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Laos

Laos: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind was 0.6035 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.6035 GPI
Change on year
down 13.2%
World rank
84th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.8274 GPI
in 2004
All-time low
0.5938 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
21
1998–2019

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Laos, 1998–2019

00.20.40.60.81998200820191998: 0.594 GPI1999: 0.594 GPI2000: 0.623 GPI2001: 0.633 GPI2002: 0.755 GPI2003: 0.688 GPI2004: 0.827 GPI2005: 0.803 GPI2006: 0.77 GPI2007: 0.709 GPI2008: 0.784 GPI2009: 0.755 GPI2010: 0.682 GPI2011: 0.74 GPI2012: 0.779 GPI2013: 0.759 GPI2014: 0.703 GPI2015: 0.645 GPI2016: 0.711 GPI2017: 0.695 GPI2019: 0.603 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Laos is 0.6035 GPI, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of down 13.2% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Laos peaked at 0.8274 GPI in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.5938 GPI, in 1998.

That places Laos 84th out of 106 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.594 GPI 0.5938 GPI 0.5943 GPI 2
2000s 0.7347 GPI 0.6228 GPI 0.8274 GPI 10
2010s 0.7019 GPI 0.6035 GPI 0.7789 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 81 Cambodia 0.6296 GPI compare
  2. 82 Bahrain 0.6288 GPI compare
  3. 83 Belarus 0.6128 GPI compare
  4. 85 Bulgaria 0.596 GPI compare
  5. 86 Niger 0.5942 GPI compare
  6. 87 Russia 0.5671 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Laos?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind in Laos was 0.6035 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind recorded in Laos?
The highest recorded value was 0.8274 GPI in 2004.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5938 GPI in 1998.
How does Laos rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind?
Laos ranks 84th out of 106 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Laos?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Laos data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,359 data points, 1998–2020
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.