School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.2 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1973–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 1.2 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 1.2 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.607 GPI, in 1981.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.7506 GPI | — |
| 1974 | 0.7238 GPI | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 0.709 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.6984 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7118 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6963 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.6637 GPI | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 0.6477 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.607 GPI | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 0.6322 GPI | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6451 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.6505 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.635 GPI | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.615 GPI | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.6204 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.6399 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.6664 GPI | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6822 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7201 GPI | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 0.7461 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7719 GPI | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7597 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.76 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7561 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7846 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8192 GPI | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.861 GPI | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8742 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.851 GPI | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8859 GPI | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8911 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9188 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9266 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9603 GPI | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 1 GPI | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1.04 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.06 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1.07 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.1 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.13 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.16 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.16 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.19 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.19 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.2 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.2 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7077 GPI | 0.6637 GPI | 0.7506 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.6359 GPI | 0.607 GPI | 0.6664 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7661 GPI | 0.6822 GPI | 0.861 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9372 GPI | 0.851 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.2 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, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 1.2 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.607 GPI in 1981.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. 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, 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.