School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan

Pakistan: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.8703 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8703 GPI
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
170th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.8703 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.2605 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
36
1971–2019

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

0.20.40.60.81971199520191971: 0.26 GPI1972: 0.275 GPI1973: 0.302 GPI1974: 0.308 GPI1975: 0.326 GPI1976: 0.321 GPI1977: 0.332 GPI1978: 0.337 GPI1979: 0.374 GPI1980: 0.366 GPI1981: 0.368 GPI1982: 0.37 GPI1983: 0.352 GPI1984: 0.353 GPI1985: 0.364 GPI1986: 0.393 GPI1987: 0.403 GPI1988: 0.412 GPI1989: 0.418 GPI1990: 0.418 GPI1991: 0.478 GPI1992: 0.502 GPI2006: 0.779 GPI2007: 0.762 GPI2008: 0.762 GPI2009: 0.796 GPI2010: 0.773 GPI2011: 0.752 GPI2012: 0.734 GPI2013: 0.731 GPI2014: 0.792 GPI2015: 0.792 GPI2016: 0.811 GPI2017: 0.809 GPI2018: 0.853 GPI2019: 0.87 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Pakistan recorded 0.8703 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan peaked at 0.8703 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2605 GPI, in 1971.

Pakistan ranks 170th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.3151 GPI 0.2605 GPI 0.3744 GPI 9
1980s 0.3797 GPI 0.352 GPI 0.418 GPI 10
1990s 0.4657 GPI 0.4175 GPI 0.5017 GPI 3
2000s 0.7747 GPI 0.7617 GPI 0.7963 GPI 4
2010s 0.7918 GPI 0.7309 GPI 0.8703 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Pakistan

  1. 167 Kenya 0.8898 GPI compare
  2. 168 Mozambique 0.8854 GPI compare
  3. 169 Gabon 0.8792 GPI compare
  4. 171 Congo 0.8663 GPI compare
  5. 172 Cameroon 0.8485 GPI compare
  6. 173 Cambodia 0.8393 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan was 0.8703 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.8703 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2605 GPI in 1971.
How does Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Pakistan ranks 170th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pakistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Pakistan 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.