School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Macao
Macao: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.08 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Macao, 1990–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Macao recorded 1.08 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Macao peaked at 1.08 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8257 GPI, in 2003.
That places Macao 34th out of 175 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Macao, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.8797 GPI | — |
| 1992 | 0.9306 GPI | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9565 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9279 GPI | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.951 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9021 GPI | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8344 GPI | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8257 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8439 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8617 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8926 GPI | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9171 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9358 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.95 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9661 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9701 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPI | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 1.04 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.05 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.07 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.08 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.08 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9237 GPI | 0.8797 GPI | 0.9565 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.8914 GPI | 0.8257 GPI | 0.951 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 0.9661 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Macao
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 25,400 (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 30,211 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 11.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Macao?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Macao was 1.08 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8257 GPI in 2003.
- How does Macao rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Macao ranks 34th out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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.