France vs WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender

France
1 GPIA
in 2024
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
0.9937 GPIA
in 2024
France rank
77th
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank
76th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender over time

  • France
  • WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
00.250.50.751199920112024

How they compare

France currently reports 1 GPIA against 0.9937 GPIA in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), a difference of 0.0063 GPIA.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was France ahead.

France ranks 77th and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 76th of 200 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade France WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
2000s 0.9914 GPIA 0.9608 GPIA 0.0306 GPIA France
2010s 0.9946 GPIA 0.9954 GPIA 0.0007 GPIA WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
2020s 0.9984 GPIA 0.994 GPIA 0.0044 GPIA France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender, France or WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
France, at 1 GPIA against 0.9937 GPIA in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender between France and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
0.0063 GPIA, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do France and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
France ranks 77th and WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 76th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release