School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan
Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.8635 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 0.8635 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan peaked at 0.8635 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.341 GPI, in 1971.
Pakistan ranks 180th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.341 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.352 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 0.3797 GPI | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 0.3833 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.3921 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.4035 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.3968 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.439 GPI | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 0.4536 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.4553 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.4625 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.4703 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.4562 GPI | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.4566 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.4651 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.4815 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 0.4824 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4923 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4893 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.4916 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7869 GPI | +60.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8072 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8134 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8336 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8239 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8186 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8173 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8134 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8295 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8317 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8387 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8435 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8484 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8635 GPI | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3934 GPI | 0.341 GPI | 0.4536 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4712 GPI | 0.4553 GPI | 0.4923 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4916 GPI | 0.4916 GPI | 0.4916 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8103 GPI | 0.7869 GPI | 0.8336 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8328 GPI | 0.8134 GPI | 0.8635 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Pakistan
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 13.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 20.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 231,541 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 214,336 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Pakistan was 0.8635 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8635 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.341 GPI in 1971.
- How does Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Pakistan ranks 180th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.