School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted … pre-primary adjusted in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted … pre-primary adjusted was 1.03 GPIA in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
1.03 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
18th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.24 GPIA
in 1976
All-time low
0.8423 GPIA
in 1988
Years of data
50
1972–2021
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1972–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) stood at 1.03 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 1.24 GPIA in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.8423 GPIA, in 1988.
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 18th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted … pre-primary adjusted in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.9515 GPIA | — |
| 1973 | 0.9687 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 1.2 GPIA | +23.9% |
| 1975 | 1.24 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 1.24 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.23 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 1.2 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 1.18 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 1.15 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 1.11 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 1.08 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 1.04 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 0.9954 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 0.9557 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 0.9165 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8785 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.8423 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8608 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8787 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8949 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.9171 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 0.938 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9578 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.9767 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.9964 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9973 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9796 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9402 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9743 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9779 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9722 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9801 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9868 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.965 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9771 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9771 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9774 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9878 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9968 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9981 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.15 GPIA | 0.9515 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.9822 GPIA | 0.8423 GPIA | 1.15 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9605 GPIA | 0.8787 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9753 GPIA | 0.9402 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 0.9771 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- 15 Cote d'Ivoire 1.09 GPIA compare
- 16 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.08 GPIA compare
- 17 Bangladesh 1.07 GPIA compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 1.07 GPIA compare
- 19 Niger 1.07 GPIA compare
- 20 Samoa 1.07 GPIA compare
- 21 Tonga 1.07 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 1.03 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 GPIA in 1976.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8423 GPIA in 1988.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 18th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release