School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): 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
1st
of 43 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9299 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 1994–2019

00.250.50.7511994200620191994: 0.93 GPI1995: 0.933 GPI1996: 0.94 GPI1997: 0.95 GPI1998: 0.956 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 1 GPI. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9299 GPI, in 1994.

That places East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1st out of 43 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.9299 GPI
1995 0.9327 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.9405 GPI +0.8%
1997 0.9501 GPI +1.0%
1998 0.9562 GPI +0.6%
1999 0.9626 GPI +0.7%
2000 0.9706 GPI +0.8%
2001 0.9763 GPI +0.6%
2002 0.9812 GPI +0.5%
2003 0.9838 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 0.9897 GPI +0.3%
2009 0.9901 GPI +0.0%
2010 0.998 GPI +0.8%
2011 0.998 GPI +0.0%
2012 0.997 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.9994 GPI +0.2%
2014 1 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9986 GPI -0.3%
2016 0.9989 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 0.9453 GPI 0.9299 GPI 0.9626 GPI 6
2000s 0.9838 GPI 0.9706 GPI 0.9901 GPI 10
2010s 0.9997 GPI 0.997 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

  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

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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9299 GPI in 1994.
How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 1st out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
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 (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.