Kenya vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Kenya
0.9413 GPI
in 2009
Lao People's Democratic Republic
0.9492 GPI
in 2019
Kenya rank
165th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
162nd

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

  • Kenya
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 0.9492 GPI against 0.9413 GPI in Kenya, a difference of 0.0079 GPI.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 165th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 162nd of 193 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7013 GPI 0.6341 GPI 0.0672 GPI Kenya
1980s 0.8896 GPI 0.803 GPI 0.0866 GPI Kenya
1990s 0.9567 GPI 0.7903 GPI 0.1663 GPI Kenya
2000s 0.9475 GPI 0.8237 GPI 0.1238 GPI Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Kenya or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 0.9492 GPI against 0.9413 GPI in Kenya as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Kenya and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
0.0079 GPI, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
18 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2009.
How do Kenya and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Kenya ranks 165th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 162nd 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.