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
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1994–2019
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 Senegal 1.15 GPI compare
- 2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI compare
- 3 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
- 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare
- 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare
More reference data data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 1,740 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal 142.49 (2026)
- CPI Price, nominal, seas. adj. 142.66 (2026)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.11 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 29.41 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.47 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 13.95 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.13 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.1 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.2% (2019)
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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About this data
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.