School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in East Timor

East Timor: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9784 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9784 GPI
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
120th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9784 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9101 GPI
in 2005
Years of data
14
2004–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in East Timor, 2004–2019

00.20.40.60.812004201120192004: 0.916 GPI2005: 0.91 GPI2008: 0.927 GPI2009: 0.93 GPI2010: 0.941 GPI2011: 0.94 GPI2012: 0.942 GPI2013: 0.952 GPI2014: 0.973 GPI2015: 0.974 GPI2016: 0.97 GPI2017: 0.965 GPI2018: 0.965 GPI2019: 0.978 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in East Timor stood at 0.9784 GPI. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in East Timor peaked at 0.9784 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9101 GPI, in 2005.

That places East Timor 120th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in East Timor, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Timor, 2004 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
2004 0.9165 GPI —
2005 0.9101 GPI -0.7%
2008 0.9268 GPI +1.8%
2009 0.9304 GPI +0.4%
2010 0.9409 GPI +1.1%
2011 0.9397 GPI -0.1%
2012 0.9419 GPI +0.2%
2013 0.9518 GPI +1.1%
2014 0.9731 GPI +2.2%
2015 0.9741 GPI +0.1%
2016 0.9703 GPI -0.4%
2017 0.9647 GPI -0.6%
2018 0.9649 GPI +0.0%
2019 0.9784 GPI +1.4%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 0.9784 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9784 GPI, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 0.9784 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
2000s 0.9209 GPI 0.9101 GPI 0.9304 GPI 4
2010s 0.96 GPI 0.9397 GPI 0.9784 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 117 Paraguay 0.9798 GPI compare
  2. 118 Grenada 0.9795 GPI compare
  3. 119 Jamaica 0.9786 GPI compare
  4. 121 Guatemala 0.9782 GPI compare
  5. 122 Macao 0.9781 GPI compare
  6. 123 Panama 0.9779 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 East Timor?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in East Timor was 0.9784 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 0.9784 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9101 GPI in 2005.
How does East Timor rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
East Timor ranks 120th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this East Timor 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.