School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9796 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9796 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
40th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9919 GPI
in 1983
All-time low
0.9386 GPI
in 2006
Years of data
37
1983–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1983–2019

00.20.40.60.811983200120191983: 0.992 GPI1984: 0.991 GPI1985: 0.953 GPI1986: 0.975 GPI1987: 0.981 GPI1988: 0.964 GPI1989: 0.959 GPI1990: 0.952 GPI1991: 0.983 GPI1992: 0.966 GPI1993: 0.966 GPI1994: 0.966 GPI1995: 0.964 GPI1996: 0.965 GPI1997: 0.963 GPI1998: 0.975 GPI1999: 0.965 GPI2000: 0.965 GPI2001: 0.972 GPI2002: 0.955 GPI2003: 0.953 GPI2004: 0.956 GPI2005: 0.948 GPI2006: 0.939 GPI2007: 0.94 GPI2008: 0.954 GPI2009: 0.96 GPI2010: 0.961 GPI2011: 0.968 GPI2012: 0.985 GPI2013: 0.989 GPI2014: 0.987 GPI2015: 0.981 GPI2016: 0.978 GPI2017: 0.98 GPI2018: 0.98 GPI2019: 0.98 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 0.9796 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

That represents a change of up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9919 GPI in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.9386 GPI, in 2006.

That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1983 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1983 0.9919 GPI
1984 0.9909 GPI -0.1%
1985 0.9533 GPI -3.8%
1986 0.9746 GPI +2.2%
1987 0.9808 GPI +0.6%
1988 0.9643 GPI -1.7%
1989 0.9589 GPI -0.6%
1990 0.9518 GPI -0.7%
1991 0.9829 GPI +3.3%
1992 0.9659 GPI -1.7%
1993 0.9655 GPI -0.0%
1994 0.9655 GPI +0.0%
1995 0.9639 GPI -0.2%
1996 0.9652 GPI +0.1%
1997 0.9631 GPI -0.2%
1998 0.9755 GPI +1.3%
1999 0.9653 GPI -1.0%
2000 0.965 GPI -0.0%
2001 0.9723 GPI +0.8%
2002 0.9545 GPI -1.8%
2003 0.9533 GPI -0.1%
2004 0.9563 GPI +0.3%
2005 0.9484 GPI -0.8%
2006 0.9386 GPI -1.0%
2007 0.9396 GPI +0.1%
2008 0.9543 GPI +1.6%
2009 0.9605 GPI +0.6%
2010 0.9611 GPI +0.1%
2011 0.968 GPI +0.7%
2012 0.9853 GPI +1.8%
2013 0.9895 GPI +0.4%
2014 0.9872 GPI -0.2%
2015 0.9811 GPI -0.6%
2016 0.9778 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9796 GPI +0.2%
2018 0.9799 GPI +0.0%
2019 0.9796 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.9735 GPI 0.9533 GPI 0.9919 GPI 7
1990s 0.9665 GPI 0.9518 GPI 0.9829 GPI 10
2000s 0.9543 GPI 0.9386 GPI 0.9723 GPI 10
2010s 0.9789 GPI 0.9611 GPI 0.9895 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

  1. 37 Timor-Leste 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 38 Bangladesh 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 39 Uganda 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 40 Jamaica 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 41 Honduras 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 42 Namibia 1.04 GPI compare
  7. 43 Grenada 1.04 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 0.9796 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9919 GPI in 1983.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9386 GPI in 2006.
How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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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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.