Malaysia vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index

Malaysia
1.03 GPI
in 2017
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.9593 GPI
in 2019
Malaysia rank
32nd
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
33rd

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

  • Malaysia
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 1.03 GPI against 0.9593 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0707 GPI.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.

Malaysia ranks 32nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 193 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8397 GPI 0.5671 GPI 0.2726 GPI Malaysia
1980s 0.9981 GPI 0.7298 GPI 0.2682 GPI Malaysia
1990s 1.03 GPI 0.8288 GPI 0.2015 GPI Malaysia
2000s 1.04 GPI 0.9102 GPI 0.1341 GPI Malaysia
2010s 1.04 GPI 0.9438 GPI 0.0925 GPI Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index, Malaysia or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Malaysia, at 1.03 GPI against 0.9593 GPI in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index between Malaysia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.0707 GPI, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
36 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Malaysia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
Malaysia ranks 32nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd 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.