School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.04 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 1.04 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8111 GPI, in 1975.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8111 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8338 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8374 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8402 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8341 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.8324 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.824 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8225 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8315 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8383 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8434 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.8552 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.8686 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8712 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.8813 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.884 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8922 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.9003 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.9006 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9125 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.9187 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.9255 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.9326 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.942 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9528 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9598 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9636 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.966 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9666 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9766 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9809 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9869 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9914 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9952 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9994 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9985 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.03 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPI | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8313 GPI | 0.8111 GPI | 0.8402 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8468 GPI | 0.8225 GPI | 0.8813 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9161 GPI | 0.884 GPI | 0.9528 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9786 GPI | 0.9598 GPI | 0.9994 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9985 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 161.08 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 179.31 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5749 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0837 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 1.04 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8111 GPI in 1975.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.