School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
38th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.65 GPI
in 1973
All-time low
0.8374 GPI
in 1988
Years of data
18
1973–2018

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh, 1973–2018

00.511.51973199520181973: 1.7 GPI1988: 0.837 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 0.963 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.987 GPI2011: 0.974 GPI2013: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh is 1.04 GPI, measured in 2018.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh peaked at 1.65 GPI in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.8374 GPI, in 1988.

Bangladesh ranks 38th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.65 GPI 1.65 GPI 1.65 GPI 1
1980s 0.8374 GPI 0.8374 GPI 0.8374 GPI 1
1990s 1.05 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.07 GPI 2
2000s 1 GPI 0.9626 GPI 1.02 GPI 7
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.9735 GPI 1.04 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 35 Hong Kong 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 36 Lesotho 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 37 East Timor 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 39 Uganda 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 40 Jamaica 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 41 Honduras 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh was 1.04 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 1.65 GPI in 1973.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8374 GPI in 1988.
How does Bangladesh rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Bangladesh ranks 38th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 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.