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

Malaysia: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 0.4729 GPI in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.4729 GPI
Change on year
up 16.6%
World rank
96th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.9125 GPI
in 2000
All-time low
0.4055 GPI
in 2010
Years of data
12
1999–2011

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Malaysia, 1999–2011

00.20.40.60.811999200520111999: 0.745 GPI2000: 0.912 GPI2001: 0.857 GPI2002: 0.882 GPI2003: 0.879 GPI2004: 0.872 GPI2005: 0.774 GPI2007: 0.732 GPI2008: 0.688 GPI2009: 0.578 GPI2010: 0.405 GPI2011: 0.473 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 0.4729 GPI for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in 2011.

That represents a change of up 16.6% on the previous year and down 44.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Malaysia peaked at 0.9125 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4055 GPI, in 2010.

That places Malaysia 96th out of 106 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Malaysia, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malaysia, 1999 to 2011.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.7449 GPI —
2000 0.9125 GPI +22.5%
2001 0.8569 GPI -6.1%
2002 0.8815 GPI +2.9%
2003 0.8791 GPI -0.3%
2004 0.8721 GPI -0.8%
2005 0.7739 GPI -11.3%
2007 0.7322 GPI -5.4%
2008 0.6876 GPI -6.1%
2009 0.5783 GPI -15.9%
2010 0.4055 GPI -29.9%
2011 0.4729 GPI +16.6%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 0.4729 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.22 GPI, 39% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 0.4729 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8193 GPI, 58% of the median. (12 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7449 GPI 0.7449 GPI 0.7449 GPI 1
2000s 0.7971 GPI 0.5783 GPI 0.9125 GPI 9
2010s 0.4392 GPI 0.4055 GPI 0.4729 GPI 2

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 93 Burkina Faso 0.5207 GPI compare
  2. 94 Malta 0.4854 GPI compare
  3. 95 Portugal 0.4849 GPI compare
  4. 97 Bhutan 0.4346 GPI compare
  5. 98 Rwanda 0.3699 GPI
  6. 99 Luxembourg 0.3134 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 in Malaysia?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Malaysia was 0.4729 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9125 GPI in 2000.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4055 GPI in 2010.
How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Malaysia ranks 96th out of 106 countries with data for 2011.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 44.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malaysia 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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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.