Bangladesh vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index

Bangladesh
1.11 GPIA
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
1 GPIA
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
5th
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
8th

School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index over time

  • Bangladesh
  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 1.11 GPIA against 1 GPIA in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 0.11 GPIA.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1973 it was ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 5th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 8th of 215 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5677 GPIA 0.8409 GPIA 0.2732 GPIA ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
1980s 0.7034 GPIA 0.8804 GPIA 0.1771 GPIA ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
1990s 0.8412 GPIA 0.92 GPIA 0.0788 GPIA ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2000s 1.05 GPIA 0.9997 GPIA 0.0457 GPIA Bangladesh
2010s 1.05 GPIA 1 GPIA 0.0464 GPIA Bangladesh
2020s 1.1 GPIA 1 GPIA 0.0985 GPIA Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index, Bangladesh or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
Bangladesh, at 1.11 GPIA against 1 GPIA in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index between Bangladesh and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
0.11 GPIA, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
Bangladesh ranks 5th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 8th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
436 places, 17,324 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release