School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.05 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.05 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
11th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9565 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
29
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.956 GPI1972: 0.965 GPI1973: 0.967 GPI1974: 0.966 GPI1975: 0.967 GPI1976: 0.979 GPI1977: 0.981 GPI1978: 0.987 GPI1979: 0.989 GPI1980: 0.985 GPI1981: 0.981 GPI1982: 0.994 GPI1983: 0.997 GPI1984: 0.997 GPI1985: 0.996 GPI1986: 0.993 GPI1987: 0.986 GPI1988: 0.993 GPI1995: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI1998: 0.999 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China recorded 1.05 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9565 GPI, in 1971.

That places Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 11th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 0.973 GPI 0.9565 GPI 0.9894 GPI 9
1980s 0.9911 GPI 0.981 GPI 0.9969 GPI 9
1990s 1 GPI 0.9985 GPI 1.01 GPI 3
2010s 1.03 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.05 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

  1. 8 Kiribati 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 9 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 10 Seychelles 1.05 GPI compare
  4. 12 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.04 GPI compare
  5. 13 Albania 1.03 GPI compare
  6. 14 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.03 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China was 1.05 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9565 GPI in 1971.
How does Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China ranks 11th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of 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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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
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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.