School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: 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, 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific stood at 1.01 GPI. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8185 GPI, in 1975.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 9th 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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8185 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8417 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8453 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8488 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8451 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.8455 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8389 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8378 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8461 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8525 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8579 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.87 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.883 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.8839 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.893 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8952 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.9017 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.9087 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9084 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9219 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.9285 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.9361 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.9427 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9509 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9595 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9658 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.972 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9719 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9727 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9798 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9849 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9879 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9884 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9914 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.994 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.992 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9943 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9959 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9958 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9994 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9987 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8399 GPI | 0.8185 GPI | 0.8488 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8608 GPI | 0.8378 GPI | 0.893 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9254 GPI | 0.8952 GPI | 0.9595 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9809 GPI | 0.9658 GPI | 0.994 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9994 GPI | 0.992 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 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
- 12 Samoa 1.06 GPI compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 174.05 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4731 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0801 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 191.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8185 GPI in 1975.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 9th 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?
- 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 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.