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

Vietnam: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
61st
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.15 GPI
in 1980
All-time low
0.818 GPI
in 2006
Years of data
30
1977–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Vietnam, 1977–2019

00.250.50.7511.21977199820191977: 0.978 GPI1979: 1.1 GPI1980: 1.1 GPI1981: 1.1 GPI1985: 1.1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1996: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 0.952 GPI2000: 0.978 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 0.964 GPI2004: 0.995 GPI2005: 0.933 GPI2006: 0.818 GPI2007: 0.835 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 0.98 GPI2010: 0.973 GPI2011: 0.936 GPI2012: 0.961 GPI2013: 0.937 GPI2014: 0.977 GPI2015: 0.985 GPI2016: 0.97 GPI2017: 0.982 GPI2018: 0.99 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Vietnam recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Vietnam peaked at 1.15 GPI in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.818 GPI, in 2006.

Vietnam ranks 61st of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.04 GPI 0.9784 GPI 1.1 GPI 2
1980s 1.12 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.15 GPI 4
1990s 1.05 GPI 0.9523 GPI 1.13 GPI 4
2000s 0.9537 GPI 0.818 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
2010s 0.9734 GPI 0.9363 GPI 1.02 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Vietnam

  1. 58 Benin 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 60 Panama 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 62 Dominican Republic 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 63 El Salvador 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 64 Zimbabwe 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Vietnam?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Vietnam was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Vietnam?
The highest recorded value was 1.15 GPI in 1980.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Vietnam?
The lowest recorded value was 0.818 GPI in 2006.
How does Vietnam rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Vietnam ranks 61st out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Vietnam?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Vietnam 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.