School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Macao
Macao: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9943 GPI in 2019. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Macao, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Macao stood at 0.9943 GPI.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Macao peaked at 1.08 GPI in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.9294 GPI, in 2004.
Macao ranks 112th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Macao, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.96 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 1.07 GPI | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 1.08 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 1.03 GPI | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 0.9766 GPI | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 0.9836 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.01 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9742 GPI | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9707 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9772 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9606 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9495 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9294 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9302 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.945 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9502 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.966 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9815 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9817 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9806 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9888 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9922 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9929 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9943 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9943 GPI | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.04 GPI | 0.96 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.9863 GPI | 0.9742 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.956 GPI | 0.9294 GPI | 0.9815 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9927 GPI | 0.9806 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Macao
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 25,400 (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 30,211 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 11.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Macao?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Macao was 0.9943 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 1973.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9294 GPI in 2004.
- How does Macao rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Macao ranks 112th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Macao 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.