School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Laos

Laos: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9647 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9647 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
151st
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9647 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5951 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
43
1971–2019

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

00.20.40.60.811971199520191971: 0.595 GPI1972: 0.668 GPI1973: 0.701 GPI1977: 0.73 GPI1978: 0.859 GPI1979: 0.812 GPI1980: 0.845 GPI1981: 0.852 GPI1982: 0.858 GPI1984: 0.75 GPI1985: 0.786 GPI1986: 0.839 GPI1988: 0.81 GPI1990: 0.794 GPI1991: 0.791 GPI1992: 0.79 GPI1993: 0.786 GPI1994: 0.782 GPI1995: 0.807 GPI1996: 0.797 GPI1997: 0.805 GPI1998: 0.815 GPI1999: 0.835 GPI2000: 0.838 GPI2001: 0.844 GPI2002: 0.848 GPI2003: 0.853 GPI2004: 0.863 GPI2005: 0.866 GPI2006: 0.873 GPI2007: 0.882 GPI2008: 0.892 GPI2009: 0.904 GPI2010: 0.915 GPI2011: 0.927 GPI2012: 0.933 GPI2013: 0.939 GPI2014: 0.945 GPI2015: 0.952 GPI2016: 0.953 GPI2017: 0.961 GPI2018: 0.961 GPI2019: 0.965 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Laos stood at 0.9647 GPI. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Laos peaked at 0.9647 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5951 GPI, in 1971.

That places Laos 151st out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7274 GPI 0.5951 GPI 0.8591 GPI 6
1980s 0.82 GPI 0.7504 GPI 0.858 GPI 7
1990s 0.8003 GPI 0.7818 GPI 0.8351 GPI 10
2000s 0.8662 GPI 0.8379 GPI 0.9036 GPI 10
2010s 0.9451 GPI 0.9146 GPI 0.9647 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 148 Indonesia 0.9653 GPI compare
  2. 149 Syria 0.9652 GPI compare
  3. 150 Gabon 0.9648 GPI compare
  4. 152 Marshall Islands 0.9646 GPI compare
  5. 153 El Salvador 0.9641 GPI compare
  6. 153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9641 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Laos?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Laos was 0.9647 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Laos?
The highest recorded value was 0.9647 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5951 GPI in 1971.
How does Laos rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Laos ranks 151st out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Laos?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Laos 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.