School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
2nd
of 45 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9304 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1994–2019

00.250.50.7511994200620191994: 0.93 GPI1995: 0.933 GPI1996: 0.941 GPI1997: 0.95 GPI1998: 0.957 GPI1999: 0.963 GPI2000: 0.971 GPI2001: 0.976 GPI2002: 0.981 GPI2003: 0.984 GPI2004: 0.986 GPI2005: 0.986 GPI2006: 0.987 GPI2007: 0.987 GPI2008: 0.99 GPI2009: 0.99 GPI2010: 0.998 GPI2011: 0.998 GPI2012: 0.997 GPI2013: 0.999 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 0.999 GPI2016: 0.999 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 1 GPI. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9304 GPI, in 1994.

That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.9304 GPI
1995 0.9333 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.9409 GPI +0.8%
1997 0.9505 GPI +1.0%
1998 0.9565 GPI +0.6%
1999 0.963 GPI +0.7%
2000 0.9709 GPI +0.8%
2001 0.9765 GPI +0.6%
2002 0.9813 GPI +0.5%
2003 0.9839 GPI +0.3%
2004 0.9863 GPI +0.2%
2005 0.9861 GPI -0.0%
2006 0.9873 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.987 GPI -0.0%
2008 0.9896 GPI +0.3%
2009 0.99 GPI +0.0%
2010 0.9979 GPI +0.8%
2011 0.9979 GPI +0.0%
2012 0.9968 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.9992 GPI +0.2%
2014 1 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9985 GPI -0.2%
2016 0.9988 GPI +0.0%
2017 1 GPI +0.2%
2018 1 GPI +0.1%
2019 1 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9458 GPI 0.9304 GPI 0.963 GPI 6
2000s 0.9839 GPI 0.9709 GPI 0.99 GPI 10
2010s 0.9995 GPI 0.9968 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

  1. 1 Senegal 1.15 GPI compare
  2. 2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI compare
  3. 3 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  4. 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare
  5. 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9304 GPI in 1994.
How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 2nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.