School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Vietnam

Vietnam: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
22nd
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 1977
All-time low
0.9161 GPI
in 1978
Years of data
31
1976–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Vietnam, 1976–2019

00.250.50.7511976199720191976: 1 GPI1977: 1 GPI1978: 0.916 GPI1979: 0.96 GPI1980: 0.952 GPI1981: 0.937 GPI1985: 0.958 GPI1986: 0.947 GPI1991: 1 GPI1995: 1 GPI1998: 0.961 GPI1999: 0.941 GPI2000: 0.959 GPI2001: 0.956 GPI2002: 0.951 GPI2003: 0.95 GPI2004: 0.944 GPI2005: 0.951 GPI2006: 0.968 GPI2007: 0.967 GPI2009: 0.978 GPI2010: 0.954 GPI2011: 0.96 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.984 GPI2014: 0.999 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Vietnam stood at 1.02 GPI.

The figure is up 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Vietnam peaked at 1.03 GPI in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.9161 GPI, in 1978.

Vietnam ranks 22nd of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9797 GPI 0.9161 GPI 1.03 GPI 4
1980s 0.9486 GPI 0.9369 GPI 0.9578 GPI 4
1990s 0.9761 GPI 0.9413 GPI 1 GPI 4
2000s 0.958 GPI 0.9437 GPI 0.9776 GPI 9
2010s 0.9986 GPI 0.9544 GPI 1.02 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Vietnam

  1. 19 Mauritius 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 20 Qatar 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 21 Gibraltar 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 23 Ukraine 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 24 Saint Lucia 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 25 India 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Vietnam?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Vietnam 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 Vietnam?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 1977.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Vietnam?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9161 GPI in 1978.
How does Vietnam rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Vietnam ranks 22nd out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Vietnam?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Vietnam 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.