School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Nepal
Nepal: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Nepal, 1983β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Nepal is 1.06 GPI, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 71.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Nepal peaked at 1.07 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.2462 GPI, in 2002.
That places Nepal 114th 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 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2597 GPI | 0.2594 GPI | 0.26 GPI | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.3163 GPI | 0.3094 GPI | 0.3231 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.4452 GPI | 0.2462 GPI | 0.6169 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8963 GPI | 0.6418 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More education data for Nepal
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 128.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 157,456 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.96 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 126.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Nepal?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Nepal was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2462 GPI in 2002.
- How does Nepal rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Nepal ranks 114th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.