Macau, China vs United States of America: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Macau, China
0.9943 GPI
in 2019
United States of America
0.9949 GPI
in 2018
Macau, China rank
112th
United States of America rank
111th

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

  • Macau, China
  • United States of America
00.250.50.751197119952019

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 0.9949 GPI against 0.9943 GPI in Macau, China, a difference of 0.0006 GPI.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States of America ahead.

Macau, China ranks 112th and United States of America ranks 111th of 193 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Macau, China averaged higher in 1 and United States of America in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Macau, China United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 0.9937 GPI 0.9929 GPI 0.0008 GPI Macau, China
2000s 0.956 GPI 1 GPI 0.0477 GPI United States of America
2010s 0.9925 GPI 0.9994 GPI 0.0069 GPI United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Macau, China or United States of America?
United States of America, at 0.9949 GPI against 0.9943 GPI in Macau, China as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Macau, China and United States of America?
0.0006 GPI, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and United States of America?
21 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
How do Macau, China and United States of America rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Macau, China ranks 112th and United States of America ranks 111th 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.