School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pakistan

Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.8662 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8662 GPI
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
179th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.8662 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.7191 GPI
in 2003
Years of data
18
2002–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pakistan, 2002–2019

00.20.40.60.82002201020192002: 0.722 GPI2003: 0.719 GPI2004: 0.728 GPI2005: 0.761 GPI2006: 0.785 GPI2007: 0.814 GPI2008: 0.826 GPI2009: 0.839 GPI2010: 0.838 GPI2011: 0.847 GPI2012: 0.857 GPI2013: 0.855 GPI2014: 0.847 GPI2015: 0.85 GPI2016: 0.853 GPI2017: 0.863 GPI2018: 0.851 GPI2019: 0.866 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pakistan stood at 0.8662 GPI. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pakistan peaked at 0.8662 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7191 GPI, in 2003.

That places Pakistan 179th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.7741 GPI 0.7191 GPI 0.8385 GPI 8
2010s 0.8528 GPI 0.8383 GPI 0.8662 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Pakistan

  1. 176 Togo 0.8969 GPI compare
  2. 177 Mali 0.8967 GPI compare
  3. 178 Cameroon 0.8882 GPI compare
  4. 180 Eritrea 0.8579 GPI compare
  5. 181 Niger 0.8398 GPI compare
  6. 182 Yemen 0.8367 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pakistan?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Pakistan was 0.8662 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.8662 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7191 GPI in 2003.
How does Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Pakistan ranks 179th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Pakistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Pakistan 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.