School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: 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, 1975–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific is 1.04 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% 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 peaked at 1.04 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8171 GPI, in 1975.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 14th 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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8171 GPI | — |
| 1976 | 0.8384 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 0.842 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8451 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8404 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.8398 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.833 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8318 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8397 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.846 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.851 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.8615 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.8737 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8758 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8851 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8877 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8953 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.9029 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9031 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9141 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.92 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.9263 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.9331 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9418 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9515 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9579 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9615 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9643 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9653 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9749 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9792 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9851 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9895 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9935 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9976 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9973 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | +0.7% |
| 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 | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8366 GPI | 0.8171 GPI | 0.8451 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8537 GPI | 0.8318 GPI | 0.8851 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9176 GPI | 0.8877 GPI | 0.9515 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9769 GPI | 0.9579 GPI | 0.9976 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 0.9973 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 11 Palestine, State of 1.14 GPI compare
- 12 Uruguay 1.13 GPI compare
- 13 Bermuda 1.12 GPI compare
- 14 Tunisia 1.12 GPI compare
- 15 Antigua and Barbuda 1.12 GPI compare
- 16 Albania 1.12 GPI compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 1.11 GPI compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 174.05 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 191.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4731 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0801 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8171 GPI in 1975.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 14th 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?
- 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 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.