School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Thailand
Thailand: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 1.41 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Thailand, 1976–2016
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.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Thailand, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.6606 GPI | — |
| 1977 | 0.7986 GPI | +20.9% |
| 1978 | 0.7423 GPI | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 1.14 GPI | +53.4% |
| 1999 | 1.17 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 1.21 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 1.15 GPI | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1 GPI | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 1.15 GPI | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 1.17 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 1.12 GPI | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 1.06 GPI | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 1.22 GPI | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 1.19 GPI | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.2 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.28 GPI | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 1.27 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.32 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.36 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.33 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.41 GPI | +5.6% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1.41 GPI is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.32 GPI, 1.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1.41 GPI is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.3 GPI, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +53.4% | 0.7423 GPI | 1.14 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More education data for Thailand
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.74 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.18 (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 243,991 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 13,596 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 758,147 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 716,498 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.26 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.45 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2025)
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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.