Bhutan vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Bhutan
1.06 GPI
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1.01 GPI
in 2019
Bhutan rank
10th
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
8th

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

  • Bhutan
  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
00.250.50.751197019942019

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 1.06 GPI against 1.01 GPI in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 0.05 GPI.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1977 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

Bhutan ranks 10th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3685 GPI 0.8392 GPI 0.4707 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1980s 0.4496 GPI 0.8382 GPI 0.3886 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 0.8198 GPI 0.953 GPI 0.1332 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 0.9523 GPI 0.9832 GPI 0.0309 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 1.04 GPI 0.9994 GPI 0.0437 GPI Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Bhutan or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
Bhutan, at 1.06 GPI against 1.01 GPI in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Bhutan and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
0.05 GPI, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
21 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2018.
How do Bhutan and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Bhutan ranks 10th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th 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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About this data

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.