South Asia vs Sri Lanka: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

South Asia
1.05 GPI
in 2019
Sri Lanka
1.6 GPI
in 2019
South Asia rank
31st
Sri Lanka rank
28th

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index over time

  • South Asia
  • Sri Lanka
0.511.52197019942019

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.6 GPI against 1.05 GPI in South Asia, a difference of 0.55 GPI.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.5 times South Asia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

South Asia ranks 31st and Sri Lanka ranks 28th of 45 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, South Asia averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Asia Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3124 GPI 0.6235 GPI 0.311 GPI Sri Lanka
1980s 0.4043 GPI 0.7012 GPI 0.2969 GPI Sri Lanka
1990s 0.5168 GPI 0.4979 GPI 0.0189 GPI South Asia
2010s 0.9269 GPI 1.56 GPI 0.6368 GPI Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index, South Asia or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 1.6 GPI against 1.05 GPI in South Asia as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index between South Asia and Sri Lanka?
0.55 GPI, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia and Sri Lanka?
24 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do South Asia and Sri Lanka rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
South Asia ranks 31st and Sri Lanka ranks 28th 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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About this data

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.