School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan

Bhutan: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.14 GPI in 2018. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2018)
1.14 GPI
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
9th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.14 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.0356 GPI
in 1970
Years of data
25
1970–2018

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan, 1970–2018

00.250.50.7511.21970199420181970: 0.036 GPI1971: 0.082 GPI1972: 0.084 GPI1974: 0.11 GPI1977: 0.19 GPI1983: 0.209 GPI1984: 0.215 GPI1998: 0.743 GPI1999: 0.762 GPI2000: 0.783 GPI2001: 0.82 GPI2005: 0.927 GPI2006: 0.95 GPI2007: 0.961 GPI2008: 0.972 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Bhutan recorded 1.14 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0356 GPI, in 1970.

That places Bhutan 9th out of 195 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1002 GPI 0.0356 GPI 0.1899 GPI 5
1980s 0.2124 GPI 0.2093 GPI 0.2155 GPI 2
1990s 0.7527 GPI 0.7435 GPI 0.7619 GPI 2
2000s 0.9196 GPI 0.7828 GPI 1.02 GPI 7
2010s 1.09 GPI 1.04 GPI 1.14 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Bhutan

  1. 6 Bangladesh 1.17 GPI compare
  2. 7 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 GPI compare
  3. 8 Tunisia 1.14 GPI compare
  4. 10 Senegal 1.13 GPI compare
  5. 11 Burundi 1.13 GPI compare
  6. 12 Honduras 1.12 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan was 1.14 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bhutan?
The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bhutan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0356 GPI in 1970.
How does Bhutan rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Bhutan ranks 9th out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bhutan?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Bhutan 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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About this data

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.