School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Thailand

Thailand: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.41 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
1.41 GPI
Change on year
up 5.6%
World rank
48th
of 177 countries
All-time high
1.41 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.6606 GPI
in 1976
Years of data
21
1976–2016

School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Thailand, 1976–2016

00.511.51976199620161976: 0.661 GPI1977: 0.799 GPI1978: 0.742 GPI1993: 1.1 GPI1999: 1.2 GPI2000: 1.2 GPI2001: 1.1 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 1.2 GPI2004: 1.2 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1.2 GPI2008: 1.2 GPI2009: 1.2 GPI2010: 1.3 GPI2011: 1.3 GPI2012: 1.3 GPI2013: 1.4 GPI2014: 1.3 GPI2016: 1.4 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Thailand recorded 1.41 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Thailand peaked at 1.41 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6606 GPI, in 1976.

That places Thailand 48th out of 177 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.7339 GPI 0.6606 GPI 0.7986 GPI 3
1990s 1.16 GPI 1.14 GPI 1.17 GPI 2
2000s 1.16 GPI 1.06 GPI 1.22 GPI 10
2010s 1.33 GPI 1.27 GPI 1.41 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 45 Botswana 1.43 GPI compare
  2. 46 New Zealand 1.42 GPI compare
  3. 47 United Arab Emirates 1.42 GPI compare
  4. 49 Mauritius 1.4 GPI compare
  5. 50 Czechia 1.4 GPI compare
  6. 51 Mongolia 1.4 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Thailand?
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Thailand was 1.41 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 1.41 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6606 GPI in 1976.
How does Thailand rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
Thailand ranks 48th out of 177 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Thailand?
Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Thailand 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.