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
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1983–2019
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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)
More reference data data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 1,740 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 142.49 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 142.66 (2026)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.11 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 29.41 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.47 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 13.95 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.13 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.1 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.2% (2019)
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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About this data
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.