Bangladesh vs World: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Bangladesh
1.11 GPI
in 2018
World
0.9805 GPI
in 2019
Bangladesh rank
3rd
World rank
29th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index over time

  • Bangladesh
  • World
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 1.11 GPI against 0.9805 GPI in World, a difference of 0.1295 GPI.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times World's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1973 it was World ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 3rd and World ranks 29th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and World in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh World Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4984 GPI 0.8098 GPI 0.3114 GPI World
1980s 0.6153 GPI 0.8383 GPI 0.223 GPI World
1990s 0.7422 GPI 0.8587 GPI 0.1165 GPI World
2000s 1.06 GPI 0.9527 GPI 0.1108 GPI Bangladesh
2010s 1.1 GPI 0.9787 GPI 0.1262 GPI Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Bangladesh or World?
Bangladesh, at 1.11 GPI against 0.9805 GPI in World as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Bangladesh and World?
0.1295 GPI, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and World?
21 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2018.
How do Bangladesh and World rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Bangladesh ranks 3rd and World ranks 29th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 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.