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

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

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

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1981 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Mauritania ranks 8th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Mauritania Difference Ahead
1980s 0.8663 GPI 0.5928 GPI 0.2734 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 0.9216 GPI 0.784 GPI 0.1376 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 0.9794 GPI 0.97 GPI 0.0094 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 1 GPI 1.03 GPI 0.0262 GPI Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 1.06 GPI against 1.01 GPI in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mauritania?
0.05 GPI, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mauritania?
33 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2019.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mauritania rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Mauritania ranks 8th of 45 groups.
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.