School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pakistan
Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8496 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pakistan, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pakistan is 0.8496 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pakistan peaked at 0.8496 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3393 GPI, in 1971.
That places Pakistan 160th out of 175 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3393 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.3509 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.3778 GPI | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 0.3817 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.3909 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.4012 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.3959 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.4374 GPI | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 0.4511 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.4533 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.4775 GPI | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 0.4784 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4881 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.4885 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7893 GPI | +61.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8089 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8148 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8343 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8248 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8263 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8242 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8434 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8342 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8405 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.845 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8496 GPI | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3918 GPI | 0.3393 GPI | 0.4511 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4743 GPI | 0.4533 GPI | 0.4881 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.4885 GPI | 0.4885 GPI | 0.4885 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8118 GPI | 0.7893 GPI | 0.8343 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.836 GPI | 0.8242 GPI | 0.8496 GPI | 8 |
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More education data for Pakistan
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 231,541 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 214,336 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pakistan?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Pakistan was 0.8496 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8496 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3393 GPI in 1971.
- How does Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Pakistan ranks 160th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.