School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Laos

Laos: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.9327 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9327 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
157th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.9327 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.3653 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
39
1971–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Laos, 1971–2019

00.20.40.60.811971199520191971: 0.365 GPI1972: 0.406 GPI1973: 0.486 GPI1977: 0.495 GPI1978: 0.533 GPI1979: 0.568 GPI1980: 0.632 GPI1981: 0.643 GPI1986: 0.712 GPI1988: 0.712 GPI1990: 0.686 GPI1992: 0.645 GPI1993: 0.618 GPI1994: 0.633 GPI1995: 0.662 GPI1996: 0.666 GPI1997: 0.651 GPI1998: 0.671 GPI1999: 0.675 GPI2000: 0.682 GPI2001: 0.693 GPI2002: 0.704 GPI2003: 0.715 GPI2004: 0.725 GPI2005: 0.732 GPI2006: 0.753 GPI2007: 0.764 GPI2008: 0.792 GPI2009: 0.801 GPI2010: 0.818 GPI2011: 0.839 GPI2012: 0.861 GPI2013: 0.879 GPI2014: 0.905 GPI2015: 0.917 GPI2016: 0.919 GPI2017: 0.924 GPI2018: 0.931 GPI2019: 0.933 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Laos is 0.9327 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Laos peaked at 0.9327 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3653 GPI, in 1971.

That places Laos 157th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4757 GPI 0.3653 GPI 0.5685 GPI 6
1980s 0.6745 GPI 0.6316 GPI 0.7118 GPI 4
1990s 0.6563 GPI 0.6181 GPI 0.6855 GPI 9
2000s 0.736 GPI 0.682 GPI 0.8008 GPI 10
2010s 0.8926 GPI 0.8181 GPI 0.9327 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 154 United Arab Emirates 0.9399 GPI compare
  2. 155 Solomon Islands 0.9387 GPI compare
  3. 156 Peru 0.9368 GPI compare
  4. 158 Morocco 0.9266 GPI compare
  5. 159 United States Virgin Islands 0.9204 GPI compare
  6. 160 Saudi Arabia 0.9133 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Laos?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Laos was 0.9327 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Laos?
The highest recorded value was 0.9327 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3653 GPI in 1971.
How does Laos rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Laos ranks 157th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Laos?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Laos 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.