School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Bhutan
Bhutan: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Bhutan, 1983–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Bhutan is 1.06 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Bhutan peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4407 GPI, in 1983.
Bhutan ranks 61st of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.4407 GPI | — |
| 1999 | 0.8233 GPI | +86.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9447 GPI | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9567 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9678 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9831 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.02 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.06 GPI | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4407 GPI | 0.4407 GPI | 0.4407 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8233 GPI | 0.8233 GPI | 0.8233 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.972 GPI | 0.9447 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 5 |
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More education data for Bhutan
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,372 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Bhutan?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Bhutan was 1.06 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4407 GPI in 1983.
- How does Bhutan rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Bhutan ranks 61st out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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, 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.