School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 1.01 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8111 GPI, in 1975.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 8th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8111 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8358 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8392 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8423 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.837 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.836 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8277 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8258 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8347 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8417 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8475 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8606 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.8747 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8764 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8863 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8889 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8962 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.904 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.9039 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9186 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9254 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.9333 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.94 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9485 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9575 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.964 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9706 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9706 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9714 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9791 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9848 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.988 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9887 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9918 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9946 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9924 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9949 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9966 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9966 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9998 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8331 GPI | 0.8111 GPI | 0.8423 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8511 GPI | 0.8258 GPI | 0.8863 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9216 GPI | 0.8889 GPI | 0.9575 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9804 GPI | 0.964 GPI | 0.9946 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9924 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 5 Kiribati 1.07 GPI compare
- 6 Tunisia 1.07 GPI compare
- 7 Palestine, State of 1.07 GPI compare
- 8 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare
- 9 Belgium 1.06 GPI compare
- 10 Bhutan 1.06 GPI compare
- 11 Seychelles 1.06 GPI compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 161.08 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 179.31 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5749 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0837 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8111 GPI in 1975.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.