School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.17 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
1.17 GPI
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
6th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.17 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.2387 GPI
in 1981
Years of data
34
1973–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bangladesh, 1973–2019

0.20.40.60.811.21973199620191973: 0.349 GPI1976: 0.338 GPI1977: 0.275 GPI1979: 0.263 GPI1980: 0.33 GPI1981: 0.239 GPI1984: 0.417 GPI1985: 0.404 GPI1986: 0.469 GPI1987: 0.46 GPI1988: 0.477 GPI1989: 0.494 GPI1990: 0.508 GPI1998: 0.936 GPI1999: 0.987 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.2 GPI2018: 1.2 GPI2019: 1.2 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bangladesh is 1.17 GPI, measured in 2019.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bangladesh peaked at 1.17 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2387 GPI, in 1981.

That places Bangladesh 6th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3063 GPI 0.2634 GPI 0.3486 GPI 4
1980s 0.4112 GPI 0.2387 GPI 0.4939 GPI 8
1990s 0.8102 GPI 0.5082 GPI 0.9866 GPI 3
2000s 1.07 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.12 GPI 10
2010s 1.13 GPI 1.08 GPI 1.17 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 3 Suriname 1.33 GPI compare
  2. 4 French Polynesia 1.27 GPI compare
  3. 5 Libya 1.18 GPI compare
  4. 7 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 GPI compare
  5. 8 Tunisia 1.14 GPI compare
  6. 9 Bhutan 1.14 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bangladesh?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bangladesh was 1.17 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 1.17 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2387 GPI in 1981.
How does Bangladesh rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Bangladesh ranks 6th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.