School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8081 GPI, in 1975.
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 7th of 45 groups on this measure, 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8081 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8332 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 0.8368 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8399 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8346 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.8335 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8252 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8233 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8325 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8396 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.8457 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.859 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.8732 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8749 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8848 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8874 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8948 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.9028 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.9028 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9176 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9246 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.9326 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.9393 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9478 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9568 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9634 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9701 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.97 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9709 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9788 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9845 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9878 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9885 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9917 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9946 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9923 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9948 GPI | +0.3% |
| 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 | 0.8305 GPI | 0.8081 GPI | 0.8399 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8492 GPI | 0.8233 GPI | 0.8848 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9206 GPI | 0.8874 GPI | 0.9568 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.98 GPI | 0.9634 GPI | 0.9946 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9923 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- 4 French Polynesia 1.09 GPI compare
- 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
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 159.24 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 177.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5719 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0841 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 10.06 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8081 GPI in 1975.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 7th 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.