School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia

Malaysia: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.08 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.08 GPI
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
40th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPI
in 2003
All-time low
0.6817 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
44
1970–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia, 1970–2019

00.250.50.7511.21970199420191970: 0.692 GPI1971: 0.682 GPI1972: 0.712 GPI1974: 0.782 GPI1979: 0.927 GPI1980: 0.954 GPI1981: 0.972 GPI1982: 0.99 GPI1983: 0.994 GPI1984: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1989: 1 GPI1990: 1.1 GPI1991: 1.1 GPI1992: 1.1 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1994: 1.1 GPI1995: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1.1 GPI2000: 1.1 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1.1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1.1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2016: 1.1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2018: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 1.08 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019.

That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia peaked at 1.13 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.6817 GPI, in 1971.

That places Malaysia 40th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7591 GPI 0.6817 GPI 0.9274 GPI 5
1980s 1 GPI 0.9535 GPI 1.04 GPI 10
1990s 1.08 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.1 GPI 9
2000s 1.1 GPI 1.08 GPI 1.13 GPI 10
2010s 1.07 GPI 1.05 GPI 1.09 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 37 Mexico 1.08 GPI compare
  2. 38 Venezuela 1.08 GPI compare
  3. 39 Paraguay 1.08 GPI compare
  4. 41 Trinidad and Tobago 1.07 GPI compare
  5. 42 Mongolia 1.07 GPI compare
  6. 43 Marshall Islands 1.07 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 Malaysia?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia was 1.08 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 2003.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6817 GPI in 1971.
How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Malaysia ranks 40th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia 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.