School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Nepal
Nepal: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Nepal, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 1.02 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1839 GPI, in 1970.
That places Nepal 29th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1839 GPI | 0.1839 GPI | 0.1839 GPI | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4474 GPI | 0.3866 GPI | 0.5528 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.668 GPI | 0.5865 GPI | 0.7432 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9124 GPI | 0.7628 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 9 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Nepal?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Nepal was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1839 GPI in 1970.
- How does Nepal rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Nepal ranks 29th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.