East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Jamaica: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1.2 GPI
in 2019
Jamaica
1.74 GPI
in 2015
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
14th
Jamaica rank
17th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Jamaica
0.511.522.5197119952019

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 1.74 GPI against 1.2 GPI in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 0.54 GPI.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.5 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 1973 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Jamaica ranks 17th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Jamaica Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7372 GPI 0.611 GPI 0.1262 GPI East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 0.9348 GPI 2.13 GPI 1.2 GPI Jamaica
2010s 1.1 GPI 2.15 GPI 1.04 GPI Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 1.74 GPI against 1.2 GPI in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Jamaica?
0.54 GPI, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Jamaica?
12 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2015.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Jamaica rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Jamaica ranks 17th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, tertiary, 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, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 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.