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

Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 1.02 GPI in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
28th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.9961 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
20
1998–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Malaysia, 1998–2017

00.250.50.7511998200720171998: 1 GPI1999: 0.996 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Malaysia stood at 1.02 GPI.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Malaysia peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9961 GPI, in 1999.

Malaysia ranks 28th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malaysia, 1998 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1998 1.01 GPI —
1999 0.9961 GPI -1.4%
2000 1.01 GPI +1.8%
2001 1.01 GPI -0.7%
2002 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2003 1.02 GPI +0.6%
2004 1.02 GPI +0.0%
2005 1.01 GPI -0.8%
2006 1.01 GPI +0.0%
2007 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2008 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2009 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2010 1.01 GPI -0.1%
2011 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2012 1.01 GPI -0.2%
2013 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2014 1.01 GPI +0.0%
2015 1.02 GPI +0.3%
2016 1.02 GPI +0.1%
2017 1.02 GPI -0.1%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 1.02 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9918 GPI, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 1.02 GPI is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.995 GPI, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1 GPI 0.9961 GPI 1.01 GPI 2
2000s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
2010s 1.01 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.02 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 25 Palestine 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 26 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 27 Ghana 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 29 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 30 Armenia 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 31 Ecuador 1.02 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 Malaysia?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Malaysia was 1.02 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9961 GPI in 1999.
How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Malaysia ranks 28th out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malaysia 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.