School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Thailand

Thailand: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9979 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9979 GPI
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
77th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPI
in 2014
All-time low
0.8973 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
33
1971–2019

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

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.897 GPI1972: 0.903 GPI1973: 0.902 GPI1974: 0.906 GPI1975: 0.918 GPI1976: 0.922 GPI1977: 0.93 GPI1978: 0.935 GPI1981: 0.962 GPI1991: 0.981 GPI1992: 0.979 GPI1993: 0.977 GPI1998: 0.979 GPI1999: 0.969 GPI2000: 0.97 GPI2001: 0.976 GPI2002: 0.975 GPI2004: 0.979 GPI2005: 0.965 GPI2006: 0.984 GPI2007: 0.985 GPI2008: 0.986 GPI2009: 0.99 GPI2010: 0.988 GPI2011: 0.987 GPI2012: 0.987 GPI2013: 0.988 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 0.939 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 0.998 GPI2018: 0.998 GPI2019: 0.998 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Thailand recorded 0.9979 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Thailand peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.8973 GPI, in 1971.

Thailand ranks 77th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Thailand, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Thailand, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.8973 GPI —
1972 0.9032 GPI +0.7%
1973 0.9018 GPI -0.2%
1974 0.9055 GPI +0.4%
1975 0.918 GPI +1.4%
1976 0.9225 GPI +0.5%
1977 0.9298 GPI +0.8%
1978 0.9345 GPI +0.5%
1981 0.962 GPI +2.9%
1991 0.981 GPI +2.0%
1992 0.9794 GPI -0.2%
1993 0.9769 GPI -0.3%
1998 0.9787 GPI +0.2%
1999 0.9687 GPI -1.0%
2000 0.9705 GPI +0.2%
2001 0.9765 GPI +0.6%
2002 0.9746 GPI -0.2%
2004 0.9791 GPI +0.5%
2005 0.9653 GPI -1.4%
2006 0.9843 GPI +2.0%
2007 0.9846 GPI +0.0%
2008 0.9863 GPI +0.2%
2009 0.9899 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.9881 GPI -0.2%
2011 0.9875 GPI -0.1%
2012 0.9868 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.988 GPI +0.1%
2014 1.01 GPI +2.2%
2015 0.9393 GPI -7.0%
2016 1 GPI +6.6%
2017 0.9979 GPI -0.4%
2018 0.998 GPI +0.0%
2019 0.9979 GPI -0.0%

Thailand compared with similar countries

  • Thailand's 0.9979 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9846 GPI, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Thailand's 0.9979 GPI is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9141 GPI 0.8973 GPI 0.9345 GPI 8
1980s 0.962 GPI 0.962 GPI 0.962 GPI 1
1990s 0.9769 GPI 0.9687 GPI 0.981 GPI 5
2000s 0.979 GPI 0.9653 GPI 0.9899 GPI 9
2010s 0.9894 GPI 0.9393 GPI 1.01 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 74 South Korea 0.9983 GPI compare
  2. 75 Serbia 0.9983 GPI compare
  3. 76 Comoros 0.998 GPI compare
  4. 78 North Macedonia 0.9979 GPI compare
  5. 79 Argentina 0.9977 GPI compare
  6. 80 Iceland 0.9974 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Thailand?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Thailand was 0.9979 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8973 GPI in 1971.
How does Thailand rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Thailand ranks 77th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Thailand 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.