School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in China
China: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in China, 1974–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in China is 1.01 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in China peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.725 GPI, in 1974.
That places China 38th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8326 GPI | 0.725 GPI | 0.8709 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.8518 GPI | 0.8214 GPI | 0.8943 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9366 GPI | 0.9018 GPI | 0.9748 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9872 GPI | 0.9833 GPI | 0.991 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9993 GPI | 0.9825 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
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More reference data data for China
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.0991 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 1.15 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 1.66 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Consumer price index 132.6 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 2.06 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.34 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Democracy 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in China?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in China was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.725 GPI in 1974.
- How does China rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- China ranks 38th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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
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.