School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nepal

Nepal: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
52nd
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.2572 GPI
in 1981
Years of data
35
1981–2019

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nepal, 1981–2019

0.20.40.60.811981200020191981: 0.257 GPI1982: 0.272 GPI1983: 0.293 GPI1984: 0.314 GPI1985: 0.31 GPI1986: 0.336 GPI1987: 0.354 GPI1988: 0.382 GPI1989: 0.401 GPI1990: 0.426 GPI1991: 0.451 GPI1992: 0.491 GPI1993: 0.52 GPI1994: 0.555 GPI1995: 0.592 GPI1996: 0.629 GPI1999: 0.668 GPI2000: 0.676 GPI2001: 0.68 GPI2002: 0.694 GPI2003: 0.722 GPI2005: 0.812 GPI2006: 0.842 GPI2007: 0.877 GPI2008: 0.894 GPI2009: 0.892 GPI2010: 0.971 GPI2011: 0.991 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1.1 GPI2019: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nepal stood at 1.06 GPI. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2572 GPI, in 1981.

Nepal ranks 52nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.3244 GPI 0.2572 GPI 0.4009 GPI 9
1990s 0.5416 GPI 0.4258 GPI 0.6678 GPI 8
2000s 0.7876 GPI 0.6761 GPI 0.8944 GPI 9
2010s 1.02 GPI 0.9709 GPI 1.06 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 49 Kuwait 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 50 Bahamas 1.06 GPI compare
  3. 51 Tanzania 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 53 Panama 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 54 Armenia 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 55 New Zealand 1.06 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nepal?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Nepal was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2572 GPI in 1981.
How does Nepal rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Nepal ranks 52nd out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nepal 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.