School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.9086 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries is 0.9086 GPIA, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.9086 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6863 GPIA, in 1999.
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 219th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.6871 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.6863 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7043 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7236 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.7387 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7549 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7636 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7896 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7974 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7958 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8224 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8366 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8433 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8361 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8372 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8486 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.867 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8698 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8861 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8969 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8955 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9078 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9086 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6867 GPIA | 0.6863 GPIA | 0.6871 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7727 GPIA | 0.7043 GPIA | 0.8366 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8688 GPIA | 0.8361 GPIA | 0.9078 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9086 GPIA | 0.9086 GPIA | 0.9086 GPIA | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 612,034 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 0.9086 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9086 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6863 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release