School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
17th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9978 GPI
in 1998
Years of data
9
1998–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Hong Kong, 1998–2019

00.250.50.7511998200820191998: 0.998 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Hong Kong is 1.03 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Hong Kong peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9978 GPI, in 1998.

Hong Kong ranks 17th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Hong Kong, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Hong Kong, 1998 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1998 0.9978 GPI
2012 1 GPI +0.4%
2013 1 GPI +0.1%
2014 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2015 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2016 1.01 GPI -0.2%
2017 1.01 GPI +0.6%
2018 1.02 GPI +0.5%
2019 1.03 GPI +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9978 GPI 0.9978 GPI 0.9978 GPI 1
2010s 1.01 GPI 1 GPI 1.03 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 14 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
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  3. 16 Burkina Faso 1.03 GPI compare
  4. 18 India 1.03 GPI compare
  5. 19 Vietnam 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 20 Aruba 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Hong Kong?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Hong Kong was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9978 GPI in 1998.
How does Hong Kong rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Hong Kong ranks 17th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Hong Kong 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.