School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan
Bhutan: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 1.06 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0523 GPI, in 1970.
Bhutan ranks 10th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0523 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.2251 GPI | +330.1% |
| 1972 | 0.2029 GPI | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 0.2803 GPI | +38.1% |
| 1977 | 0.3685 GPI | +31.4% |
| 1983 | 0.4431 GPI | +20.3% |
| 1984 | 0.4561 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 0.8108 GPI | +77.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8287 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.849 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8755 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9604 GPI | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9771 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9832 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9997 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1.03 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.04 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.04 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.05 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.06 GPI | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2258 GPI | 0.0523 GPI | 0.3685 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.4496 GPI | 0.4431 GPI | 0.4561 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.8198 GPI | 0.8108 GPI | 0.8287 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9523 GPI | 0.849 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 9 |
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More education data for Bhutan
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,372 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Bhutan was 1.06 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0523 GPI in 1970.
- How does Bhutan rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Bhutan ranks 10th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.