School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in China

China: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9963 GPI in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.9963 GPI
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
113th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPI
in 2009
All-time low
0.6652 GPI
in 1982
Years of data
29
1976–2010

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in China, 1976–2010

00.250.50.7511976199320101976: 0.683 GPI1977: 0.715 GPI1978: 0.753 GPI1979: 0.744 GPI1980: 0.719 GPI1981: 0.68 GPI1982: 0.665 GPI1983: 0.671 GPI1984: 0.68 GPI1985: 0.696 GPI1986: 0.695 GPI1987: 0.727 GPI1988: 0.733 GPI1989: 0.743 GPI1990: 0.737 GPI1991: 0.751 GPI1992: 0.774 GPI1993: 0.788 GPI1994: 0.831 GPI1995: 0.853 GPI1996: 0.874 GPI1997: 0.88 GPI2001: 0.928 GPI2003: 0.921 GPI2006: 0.992 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 0.996 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2010, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in China stood at 0.9963 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in China peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.6652 GPI, in 1982.

That places China 113th out of 195 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in China, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in China, 1976 to 2010.
Year GPI Change
1976 0.6831 GPI —
1977 0.7152 GPI +4.7%
1978 0.7528 GPI +5.3%
1979 0.7436 GPI -1.2%
1980 0.7194 GPI -3.3%
1981 0.6796 GPI -5.5%
1982 0.6652 GPI -2.1%
1983 0.6715 GPI +1.0%
1984 0.6799 GPI +1.2%
1985 0.6965 GPI +2.4%
1986 0.6948 GPI -0.2%
1987 0.7271 GPI +4.7%
1988 0.7334 GPI +0.9%
1989 0.743 GPI +1.3%
1990 0.7368 GPI -0.8%
1991 0.7509 GPI +1.9%
1992 0.7736 GPI +3.0%
1993 0.7878 GPI +1.8%
1994 0.8306 GPI +5.4%
1995 0.8529 GPI +2.7%
1996 0.8742 GPI +2.5%
1997 0.8796 GPI +0.6%
2001 0.9285 GPI +5.6%
2003 0.921 GPI -0.8%
2006 0.9917 GPI +7.7%
2007 1 GPI +0.8%
2008 1.01 GPI +1.3%
2009 1.03 GPI +1.3%
2010 0.9963 GPI -2.9%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 0.9963 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPI, 97% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • China's 0.9963 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.04 GPI, 96% of the median. (29 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7237 GPI 0.6831 GPI 0.7528 GPI 4
1980s 0.701 GPI 0.6652 GPI 0.743 GPI 10
1990s 0.8108 GPI 0.7368 GPI 0.8796 GPI 8
2000s 0.9799 GPI 0.921 GPI 1.03 GPI 6
2010s 0.9963 GPI 0.9963 GPI 0.9963 GPI 1

Countries ranked near China

  1. 110 Kyrgyzstan 0.9975 GPI compare
  2. 111 Hungary 0.9967 GPI compare
  3. 112 Azerbaijan 0.9964 GPI compare
  4. 114 Ghana 0.9959 GPI compare
  5. 115 Iceland 0.9957 GPI compare
  6. 116 Uzbekistan 0.9948 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in China?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in China was 0.9963 GPI in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2009.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6652 GPI in 1982.
How does China rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
China ranks 113th out of 195 countries with data for 2010.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China 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
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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.