School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Cambodia

Cambodia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9687 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9687 GPI
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
140th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9893 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.6891 GPI
in 1972
Years of data
32
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Cambodia, 1971–2019

00.20.40.60.811971199520191971: 0.742 GPI1972: 0.689 GPI1973: 0.708 GPI1986: 0.809 GPI1987: 0.77 GPI1988: 0.773 GPI1989: 0.782 GPI1994: 0.832 GPI1995: 0.815 GPI1997: 0.829 GPI1998: 0.842 GPI1999: 0.869 GPI2000: 0.877 GPI2001: 0.895 GPI2002: 0.903 GPI2003: 0.911 GPI2004: 0.92 GPI2005: 0.928 GPI2006: 0.935 GPI2007: 0.935 GPI2008: 0.941 GPI2009: 0.935 GPI2010: 0.951 GPI2011: 0.938 GPI2012: 0.937 GPI2013: 0.914 GPI2014: 0.947 GPI2015: 0.989 GPI2016: 0.969 GPI2017: 0.968 GPI2018: 0.97 GPI2019: 0.969 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Cambodia stood at 0.9687 GPI.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Cambodia peaked at 0.9893 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6891 GPI, in 1972.

That places Cambodia 140th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7132 GPI 0.6891 GPI 0.7424 GPI 3
1980s 0.7834 GPI 0.7701 GPI 0.8089 GPI 4
1990s 0.8373 GPI 0.8154 GPI 0.8689 GPI 5
2000s 0.9179 GPI 0.8773 GPI 0.9409 GPI 10
2010s 0.9552 GPI 0.9145 GPI 0.9893 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Cambodia

  1. 137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9697 GPI compare
  2. 138 Dominica 0.9695 GPI compare
  3. 139 Aruba 0.9687 GPI compare
  4. 141 Italy 0.9685 GPI compare
  5. 142 Vanuatu 0.9683 GPI compare
  6. 143 Cuba 0.9669 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Cambodia?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Cambodia was 0.9687 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Cambodia?
The highest recorded value was 0.9893 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Cambodia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6891 GPI in 1972.
How does Cambodia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Cambodia ranks 140th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cambodia?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cambodia 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.