School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.19 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.19 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
14th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1.19 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5849 GPI
in 1981
Years of data
47
1973–2019

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific, 1973–2019

00.250.50.7511.2197319962019

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 is 1.19 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 16.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 1.19 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5849 GPI, in 1981.

That places East Asia & Pacific 14th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it 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, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Asia & Pacific, 1973 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1973 0.6471 GPI
1974 0.6433 GPI -0.6%
1975 0.6462 GPI +0.4%
1976 0.6384 GPI -1.2%
1977 0.6501 GPI +1.8%
1978 0.6414 GPI -1.3%
1979 0.6233 GPI -2.8%
1980 0.6095 GPI -2.2%
1981 0.5849 GPI -4.0%
1982 0.6031 GPI +3.1%
1983 0.6109 GPI +1.3%
1984 0.6233 GPI +2.0%
1985 0.6223 GPI -0.2%
1986 0.6045 GPI -2.9%
1987 0.6105 GPI +1.0%
1988 0.6274 GPI +2.8%
1989 0.651 GPI +3.8%
1990 0.6672 GPI +2.5%
1991 0.7012 GPI +5.1%
1992 0.7262 GPI +3.6%
1993 0.7547 GPI +3.9%
1994 0.7471 GPI -1.0%
1995 0.7513 GPI +0.6%
1996 0.7497 GPI -0.2%
1997 0.778 GPI +3.8%
1998 0.7977 GPI +2.5%
1999 0.8292 GPI +3.9%
2000 0.8404 GPI +1.4%
2001 0.8286 GPI -1.4%
2002 0.8625 GPI +4.1%
2003 0.8727 GPI +1.2%
2004 0.9013 GPI +3.3%
2005 0.9122 GPI +1.2%
2006 0.944 GPI +3.5%
2007 0.9803 GPI +3.8%
2008 0.9949 GPI +1.5%
2009 1.02 GPI +2.1%
2010 1.03 GPI +1.1%
2011 1.04 GPI +1.0%
2012 1.07 GPI +3.4%
2013 1.11 GPI +3.2%
2014 1.13 GPI +2.3%
2015 1.15 GPI +1.1%
2016 1.17 GPI +2.0%
2017 1.17 GPI +0.5%
2018 1.18 GPI +0.8%
2019 1.19 GPI +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6414 GPI 0.6233 GPI 0.6501 GPI 7
1980s 0.6147 GPI 0.5849 GPI 0.651 GPI 10
1990s 0.7502 GPI 0.6672 GPI 0.8292 GPI 10
2000s 0.9153 GPI 0.8286 GPI 1.02 GPI 10
2010s 1.12 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.19 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific

  1. 11 Guyana 1.98 GPI compare
  2. 12 Aruba 1.94 GPI compare
  3. 13 Bahrain 1.89 GPI compare
  4. 14 Tunisia 1.85 GPI compare
  5. 15 Iceland 1.84 GPI compare
  6. 16 British Virgin Islands 1.75 GPI compare
  7. 17 Jamaica 1.74 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 222 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in East Asia & Pacific was 1.19 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?
The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5849 GPI in 1981.
How does East Asia & Pacific rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
East Asia & Pacific ranks 14th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. 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, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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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.