School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9806 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9806 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
38th
of 43 groups
All-time high
0.9921 GPI
in 1983
All-time low
0.9448 GPI
in 2006
Years of data
37
1983–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific, 1983–2019

00.20.40.60.811983200120191983: 0.992 GPI1984: 0.991 GPI1985: 0.958 GPI1986: 0.976 GPI1987: 0.982 GPI1988: 0.968 GPI1989: 0.963 GPI1990: 0.956 GPI1991: 0.984 GPI1992: 0.97 GPI1993: 0.969 GPI1994: 0.97 GPI1995: 0.968 GPI1996: 0.969 GPI1997: 0.967 GPI1998: 0.979 GPI1999: 0.97 GPI2000: 0.969 GPI2001: 0.977 GPI2002: 0.96 GPI2003: 0.959 GPI2004: 0.962 GPI2005: 0.955 GPI2006: 0.945 GPI2007: 0.946 GPI2008: 0.959 GPI2009: 0.965 GPI2010: 0.965 GPI2011: 0.972 GPI2012: 0.987 GPI2013: 0.991 GPI2014: 0.988 GPI2015: 0.983 GPI2016: 0.979 GPI2017: 0.981 GPI2018: 0.981 GPI2019: 0.981 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific stood at 0.9806 GPI.

That represents a change of up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 0.9921 GPI in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.9448 GPI, in 2006.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 38th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Asia & Pacific, 1983 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1983 0.9921 GPI
1984 0.9913 GPI -0.1%
1985 0.9577 GPI -3.4%
1986 0.9759 GPI +1.9%
1987 0.9822 GPI +0.7%
1988 0.9678 GPI -1.5%
1989 0.9626 GPI -0.5%
1990 0.956 GPI -0.7%
1991 0.9845 GPI +3.0%
1992 0.9697 GPI -1.5%
1993 0.9694 GPI -0.0%
1994 0.9696 GPI +0.0%
1995 0.9682 GPI -0.1%
1996 0.9692 GPI +0.1%
1997 0.9674 GPI -0.2%
1998 0.9793 GPI +1.2%
1999 0.9698 GPI -1.0%
2000 0.9694 GPI -0.0%
2001 0.9766 GPI +0.7%
2002 0.9602 GPI -1.7%
2003 0.959 GPI -0.1%
2004 0.9618 GPI +0.3%
2005 0.9549 GPI -0.7%
2006 0.9448 GPI -1.1%
2007 0.9459 GPI +0.1%
2008 0.9593 GPI +1.4%
2009 0.9649 GPI +0.6%
2010 0.9653 GPI +0.0%
2011 0.9716 GPI +0.7%
2012 0.9872 GPI +1.6%
2013 0.9909 GPI +0.4%
2014 0.9884 GPI -0.3%
2015 0.9825 GPI -0.6%
2016 0.9793 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9809 GPI +0.2%
2018 0.9808 GPI -0.0%
2019 0.9806 GPI -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.9757 GPI 0.9577 GPI 0.9921 GPI 7
1990s 0.9703 GPI 0.956 GPI 0.9845 GPI 10
2000s 0.9597 GPI 0.9448 GPI 0.9766 GPI 10
2010s 0.9807 GPI 0.9653 GPI 0.9909 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific

  1. 35 Hong Kong, China 1.04 GPI compare
  2. 36 Lesotho 1.04 GPI compare
  3. 37 Timor-Leste 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 38 Bangladesh 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 39 Uganda 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 40 Jamaica 1.04 GPI compare
  7. 41 Honduras 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific was 0.9806 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?
The highest recorded value was 0.9921 GPI in 1983.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9448 GPI in 2006.
How does East Asia & Pacific rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
East Asia & Pacific ranks 38th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.