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

Pakistan: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.8603 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8603 GPI
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
184th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.9414 GPI
in 2002
All-time low
0.7069 GPI
in 2000
Years of data
18
2000–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Pakistan, 2000–2019

00.20.40.60.812000200920192000: 0.707 GPI2001: 0.738 GPI2002: 0.941 GPI2003: 0.856 GPI2004: 0.848 GPI2005: 0.919 GPI2006: 0.929 GPI2007: 0.912 GPI2008: 0.918 GPI2009: 0.9 GPI2012: 0.887 GPI2013: 0.885 GPI2014: 0.886 GPI2015: 0.872 GPI2016: 0.864 GPI2017: 0.868 GPI2018: 0.872 GPI2019: 0.86 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Pakistan stood at 0.8603 GPI.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Pakistan peaked at 0.9414 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.7069 GPI, in 2000.

That places Pakistan 184th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8668 GPI 0.7069 GPI 0.9414 GPI 10
2010s 0.8744 GPI 0.8603 GPI 0.8872 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Pakistan

  1. 181 Morocco 0.8882 GPI compare
  2. 182 Angola 0.8873 GPI compare
  3. 183 Tajikistan 0.8638 GPI compare
  4. 186 Mozambique 0.8531 GPI
  5. 187 Bermuda 0.8495 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Pakistan?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Pakistan was 0.8603 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.9414 GPI in 2002.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7069 GPI in 2000.
How does Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Pakistan ranks 184th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pakistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Pakistan 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.