School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Macao

Macao: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 0.9803 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9803 GPI
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
130th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.994 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.9256 GPI
in 2004
Years of data
21
1999–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Macao, 1999–2019

00.20.40.60.811999200920191999: 0.973 GPI2000: 0.967 GPI2001: 0.967 GPI2002: 0.942 GPI2003: 0.934 GPI2004: 0.926 GPI2005: 0.926 GPI2006: 0.948 GPI2007: 0.95 GPI2008: 0.96 GPI2009: 0.973 GPI2010: 0.971 GPI2011: 0.972 GPI2012: 0.984 GPI2013: 0.99 GPI2014: 0.994 GPI2015: 0.986 GPI2016: 0.988 GPI2017: 0.982 GPI2018: 0.99 GPI2019: 0.98 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Macao recorded 0.9803 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2019.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Macao peaked at 0.994 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9256 GPI, in 2004.

Macao ranks 130th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity in Macao, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Macao, 1999 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.9731 GPI —
2000 0.9666 GPI -0.7%
2001 0.9669 GPI +0.0%
2002 0.9415 GPI -2.6%
2003 0.9339 GPI -0.8%
2004 0.9256 GPI -0.9%
2005 0.9258 GPI +0.0%
2006 0.9483 GPI +2.4%
2007 0.9502 GPI +0.2%
2008 0.9605 GPI +1.1%
2009 0.9729 GPI +1.3%
2010 0.9708 GPI -0.2%
2011 0.9721 GPI +0.1%
2012 0.984 GPI +1.2%
2013 0.99 GPI +0.6%
2014 0.994 GPI +0.4%
2015 0.9857 GPI -0.8%
2016 0.9882 GPI +0.3%
2017 0.9823 GPI -0.6%
2018 0.9896 GPI +0.7%
2019 0.9803 GPI -0.9%

Macao compared with similar countries

  • Macao's 0.9803 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9934 GPI, 99% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
  • Macao's 0.9803 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.995 GPI, 99% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9731 GPI 0.9731 GPI 0.9731 GPI 1
2000s 0.9492 GPI 0.9256 GPI 0.9729 GPI 10
2010s 0.9837 GPI 0.9708 GPI 0.994 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Macao

  1. 127 Uzbekistan 0.9817 GPI compare
  2. 128 United Arab Emirates 0.9815 GPI compare
  3. 129 Namibia 0.9805 GPI compare
  4. 131 Tajikistan 0.9802 GPI compare
  5. 132 Vanuatu 0.9798 GPI compare
  6. 133 Indonesia 0.9796 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 Macao?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Macao was 0.9803 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Macao?
The highest recorded value was 0.994 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Macao?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9256 GPI in 2004.
How does Macao rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Macao ranks 130th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Macao?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Macao 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.