School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in China, People's Republic of
China, People's Republic of: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.22 GPI in 2019. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in China, People's Republic of, 1974β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in China, People's Republic of is 1.22 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in China, People's Republic of peaked at 1.22 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.336 GPI, in 1980.
China, People's Republic of ranks 82nd of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4683 GPI | 0.3361 GPI | 0.5387 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.336 GPI | 0.336 GPI | 0.336 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.5277 GPI | 0.5277 GPI | 0.5277 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9371 GPI | 0.8266 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.16 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.22 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for China, People's Republic of
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.74 million (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 69.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in China, People's Republic of?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in China, People's Republic of was 1.22 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in China, People's Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in China, People's Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.336 GPI in 1980.
- How does China, People's Republic of rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- China, People's Republic of ranks 82nd out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in China, People's Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, People's Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, 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.