School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9851 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9851 GPI
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
125th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.1 GPI
in 1984
All-time low
0.7811 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
38
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.781 GPI1972: 0.792 GPI1973: 0.818 GPI1974: 0.85 GPI1975: 0.875 GPI1976: 0.917 GPI1977: 0.92 GPI1978: 0.953 GPI1979: 1 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1.1 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 1.1 GPI1985: 1.1 GPI1986: 1.1 GPI1987: 1.1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1996: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 0.999 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 0.991 GPI2014: 0.988 GPI2015: 0.988 GPI2016: 0.986 GPI2017: 0.979 GPI2018: 0.98 GPI2019: 0.985 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China stood at 0.9851 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China peaked at 1.1 GPI in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.7811 GPI, in 1971.

That places Hong Kong, China 125th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Hong Kong, China, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.7811 GPI
1972 0.7924 GPI +1.5%
1973 0.8176 GPI +3.2%
1974 0.8499 GPI +4.0%
1975 0.8751 GPI +3.0%
1976 0.917 GPI +4.8%
1977 0.9196 GPI +0.3%
1978 0.9535 GPI +3.7%
1979 1 GPI +5.1%
1980 1.03 GPI +2.6%
1981 1.05 GPI +2.1%
1982 1.07 GPI +1.9%
1983 1.1 GPI +2.5%
1984 1.1 GPI +0.0%
1985 1.08 GPI -1.1%
1986 1.08 GPI -0.2%
1987 1.07 GPI -1.3%
1988 1.05 GPI -2.1%
1996 1.05 GPI +0.1%
2001 1.01 GPI -3.8%
2002 0.9988 GPI -0.8%
2003 1.01 GPI +0.7%
2004 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2005 1.01 GPI +0.2%
2006 1.01 GPI -0.3%
2007 1 GPI -0.5%
2008 1 GPI -0.0%
2009 1.01 GPI +0.3%
2010 1 GPI -0.2%
2011 1 GPI +0.2%
2012 1 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.9914 GPI -1.2%
2014 0.9879 GPI -0.4%
2015 0.9883 GPI +0.0%
2016 0.9855 GPI -0.3%
2017 0.9786 GPI -0.7%
2018 0.9797 GPI +0.1%
2019 0.9851 GPI +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8787 GPI 0.7811 GPI 1 GPI 9
1980s 1.07 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.1 GPI 9
1990s 1.05 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.05 GPI 1
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.9988 GPI 1.01 GPI 9
2010s 0.9909 GPI 0.9786 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China

  1. 122 El Salvador 0.9875 GPI compare
  2. 123 Italy 0.9868 GPI compare
  3. 124 Republic of Moldova 0.9865 GPI compare
  4. 126 Belarus 0.9844 GPI compare
  5. 127 Ukraine 0.9835 GPI compare
  6. 128 Portugal 0.9834 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Hong Kong, China was 0.9851 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 1984.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Hong Kong, China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7811 GPI in 1971.
How does Hong Kong, China rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Hong Kong, China ranks 125th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong, 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
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.