School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Bhutan
Bhutan: School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 1.11 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Bhutan, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 1.11 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Bhutan peaked at 1.13 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4454 GPIA, in 1983.
Bhutan ranks 20th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.4454 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8394 GPIA | +88.5% |
| 2005 | 0.99 GPIA | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.05 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 1.08 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1.09 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.13 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 1.13 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.11 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 1.11 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.01 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 1.11 GPIA is above the median for South Asia, which is 1.07 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +88.5% | 0.4454 GPIA | 0.8394 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4454 GPIA | 0.4454 GPIA | 0.4454 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8394 GPIA | 0.8394 GPIA | 0.8394 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.03 GPIA | 0.99 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.12 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 17 Croatia 1.12 GPIA compare
- 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.12 GPIA compare
- 19 Palestine 1.11 GPIA compare
- 21 Antigua and Barbuda 1.11 GPIA compare
- 22 Belgium 1.11 GPIA compare
- 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.11 GPIA compare
More education data for Bhutan
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6,995 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 9,961 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,905 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,735 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 67,821 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 91,759 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1159 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Bhutan?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Bhutan was 1.11 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4454 GPIA in 1983.
- How does Bhutan rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Bhutan ranks 20th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release