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

East Timor: School life expectancy, primary and lower … lower GPI gender parity was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
62nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.941 GPI
in 2008
Years of data
12
2008–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Timor, 2008–2019

00.250.50.7512008201320192008: 0.941 GPI2009: 0.943 GPI2010: 0.954 GPI2011: 0.954 GPI2012: 0.957 GPI2013: 0.968 GPI2014: 0.989 GPI2015: 0.991 GPI2016: 0.99 GPI2017: 0.989 GPI2018: 0.993 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 Timor stood at 1 GPI. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Timor peaked at 1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.941 GPI, in 2008.

That places East Timor 62nd out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Timor, 2008 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
2008 0.941 GPI —
2009 0.9431 GPI +0.2%
2010 0.954 GPI +1.2%
2011 0.9539 GPI -0.0%
2012 0.9567 GPI +0.3%
2013 0.968 GPI +1.2%
2014 0.9888 GPI +2.2%
2015 0.9911 GPI +0.2%
2016 0.9899 GPI -0.1%
2017 0.9892 GPI -0.1%
2018 0.9929 GPI +0.4%
2019 1 GPI +1.1%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 1 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1 GPI, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 1 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
2000s 0.9421 GPI 0.941 GPI 0.9431 GPI 2
2010s 0.9788 GPI 0.9539 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 59 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPI compare
  2. 60 Tunisia 1 GPI compare
  3. 61 Costa Rica 1 GPI compare
  4. 63 Saudi Arabia 1 GPI compare
  5. 64 Egypt 1 GPI compare
  6. 65 New Zealand 1 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 Timor?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Timor 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 Timor?
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 Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 0.941 GPI in 2008.
How does East Timor rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
East Timor ranks 62nd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this East Timor 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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About this data

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.