School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.9765 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9765 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
149th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9765 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6595 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) recorded 0.9765 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 0.9765 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6595 GPIA, in 1971.
That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 149th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6598 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6595 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6716 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6804 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6933 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6944 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7025 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7162 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.7347 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7378 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7512 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.758 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7622 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7649 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7732 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7629 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7688 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7864 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7726 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7783 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.786 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7916 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7938 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8008 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.7983 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7794 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.7767 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7864 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7882 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8128 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8239 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8285 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8346 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8437 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8588 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.872 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8867 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8925 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9025 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9133 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9186 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9076 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9161 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9309 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9336 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9479 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9493 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9488 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9466 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9515 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9558 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9633 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9708 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9747 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9765 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.695 GPIA | 0.6595 GPIA | 0.7378 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7679 GPIA | 0.7512 GPIA | 0.7864 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7914 GPIA | 0.7767 GPIA | 0.8128 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8657 GPIA | 0.8239 GPIA | 0.9133 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9351 GPIA | 0.9076 GPIA | 0.9515 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9682 GPIA | 0.9558 GPIA | 0.9765 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.38 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.57 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.08 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.63 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.51 % change on previous year (2021)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 0.9765 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9765 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6595 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 149th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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