School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malaysia
Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2017. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malaysia, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malaysia stood at 1.01 GPI. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malaysia peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9129 GPI, in 1970.
Malaysia ranks 36th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9419 GPI | 0.9129 GPI | 0.9709 GPI | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.9935 GPI | 0.9915 GPI | 0.9967 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9979 GPI | 0.9843 GPI | 1 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 1 GPI | 0.9984 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malaysia?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malaysia was 1.01 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9129 GPI in 1970.
- How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Malaysia ranks 36th out of 197 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.