School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Myanmar
Myanmar: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.39 GPI in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Myanmar, 1972β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Myanmar stood at 1.39 GPI.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Myanmar peaked at 1.57 GPI in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.5574 GPI, in 1972.
Myanmar ranks 53rd of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7565 GPI | 0.5574 GPI | 0.9665 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 1.41 GPI | 1.21 GPI | 1.57 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.36 GPI | 1.36 GPI | 1.36 GPI | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.31 GPI | 1.21 GPI | 1.39 GPI | 3 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 50 Czech Republic 1.4 GPI compare
- 51 Mongolia 1.4 GPI compare
- 52 Serbia, Republic of 1.39 GPI compare
- 54 Croatia, Republic of 1.39 GPI compare
- 55 Israel 1.37 GPI compare
- 55 Malta 1.37 GPI compare
More education data for Myanmar
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 120.2% (2018)
- Primary education, teachers 217,561 (2018)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.1 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.8% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Myanmar?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Myanmar was 1.39 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.57 GPI in 1995.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5574 GPI in 1972.
- How does Myanmar rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Myanmar ranks 53rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.