School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
1.04 GPI
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
35th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.08 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.9659 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
29
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.969 GPI1972: 0.966 GPI1973: 0.966 GPI1974: 0.979 GPI1975: 0.987 GPI1976: 0.997 GPI1977: 0.986 GPI1978: 0.99 GPI1979: 0.992 GPI1980: 0.996 GPI1981: 0.996 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Hong Kong, China recorded 1.04 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9659 GPI, in 1972.

Hong Kong, China ranks 35th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9813 GPI 0.9659 GPI 0.9971 GPI 9
1980s 1.01 GPI 0.996 GPI 1.02 GPI 9
1990s 1.02 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.02 GPI 3
2010s 1.06 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.08 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China

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  3. 34 India 1.04 GPI compare
  4. 36 Lesotho 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 37 Timor-Leste 1.04 GPI compare
  6. 38 Bangladesh 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9659 GPI in 1972.
How does Hong Kong, China rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Hong Kong, China ranks 35th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong, China 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
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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.