School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.07 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
1.07 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
6th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.07 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.4861 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
29
1970–2018

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh, 1970–2018

00.250.50.7511970199420181970: 0.487 GPI1971: 0.486 GPI1972: 0.551 GPI1973: 0.549 GPI1974: 0.515 GPI1975: 0.537 GPI1976: 0.544 GPI1977: 0.607 GPI1978: 0.606 GPI1979: 0.605 GPI1980: 0.605 GPI1981: 0.695 GPI1982: 0.707 GPI1983: 0.605 GPI1984: 0.696 GPI1985: 0.691 GPI1986: 0.689 GPI1987: 0.69 GPI1988: 0.803 GPI1989: 0.81 GPI1990: 0.842 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh stood at 1.07 GPI. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4861 GPI, in 1971.

Bangladesh ranks 6th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5489 GPI 0.4861 GPI 0.6073 GPI 10
1980s 0.6991 GPI 0.6047 GPI 0.8097 GPI 10
1990s 0.8424 GPI 0.8424 GPI 0.8424 GPI 1
2000s 1.06 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.07 GPI 5
2010s 1.07 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.07 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 3 San Marino 1.11 GPI compare
  2. 4 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  3. 5 Oman 1.09 GPI compare
  4. 7 Congo 1.07 GPI compare
  5. 8 Kiribati 1.07 GPI compare
  6. 9 Mauritania 1.07 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Bangladesh was 1.07 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4861 GPI in 1971.
How does Bangladesh rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Bangladesh ranks 6th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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.