School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lao People’s Democratic Republic: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lao People’s Democratic Republic stood at 1.1 GPI. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lao People’s Democratic Republic peaked at 1.1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.227 GPI, in 1971.
That places Lao People’s Democratic Republic 111th out of 177 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2687 GPI | 0.227 GPI | 0.3821 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.4935 GPI | 0.3522 GPI | 0.5948 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.4267 GPI | 0.3774 GPI | 0.492 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.6266 GPI | 0.4885 GPI | 0.7563 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9032 GPI | 0.7017 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 10 |
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More education data for Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21,845 (2025)
- 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 65.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0028 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lao People’s Democratic Republic?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lao People’s Democratic Republic was 1.1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lao People’s Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lao People’s Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.227 GPI in 1971.
- How does Lao People’s Democratic Republic rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic ranks 111th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Lao People’s Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People’s Democratic Republic 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.