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

Nepal: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9075 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9075 GPI
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
177th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.9851 GPI
in 2007
All-time low
0.6337 GPI
in 1983
Years of data
22
1983–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Nepal, 1983–2019

00.20.40.60.811983200120191983: 0.634 GPI1984: 0.716 GPI1997: 0.714 GPI1999: 0.762 GPI2000: 0.745 GPI2001: 0.79 GPI2002: 0.852 GPI2003: 0.861 GPI2004: 0.848 GPI2005: 0.913 GPI2007: 0.985 GPI2008: 0.916 GPI2009: 0.959 GPI2010: 0.979 GPI2011: 0.984 GPI2012: 0.979 GPI2013: 0.961 GPI2014: 0.931 GPI2015: 0.934 GPI2016: 0.932 GPI2017: 0.892 GPI2019: 0.908 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Nepal is 0.9075 GPI, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 0.9851 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.6337 GPI, in 1983.

Nepal ranks 177th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.675 GPI 0.6337 GPI 0.7163 GPI 2
1990s 0.7379 GPI 0.7141 GPI 0.7617 GPI 2
2000s 0.8743 GPI 0.7451 GPI 0.9851 GPI 9
2010s 0.9444 GPI 0.8918 GPI 0.9839 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 174 Montenegro 0.9476 GPI compare
  2. 175 Uzbekistan 0.9401 GPI compare
  3. 176 Liechtenstein 0.9134 GPI compare
  4. 178 Indonesia 0.9031 GPI compare
  5. 179 Yemen 0.8972 GPI compare
  6. 180 Tuvalu 0.8885 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Nepal?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Nepal was 0.9075 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 0.9851 GPI in 2007.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6337 GPI in 1983.
How does Nepal rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Nepal ranks 177th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nepal 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.