School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), 1973–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) stood at 1 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9057 GPIA, in 1990.
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 12th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.9327 GPIA | — |
| 1974 | 0.9175 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.9208 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9126 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.908 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.91 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.9132 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.9143 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.9143 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.9167 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.9167 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9272 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9653 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9274 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 0.9348 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.9402 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.9401 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.9057 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9173 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.9517 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9592 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.9373 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.9426 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.9478 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9446 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9426 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9504 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9508 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.95 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9478 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9456 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9642 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9637 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9671 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9694 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9724 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9654 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9551 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9413 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9532 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9732 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9685 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9733 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9781 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9837 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9996 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9991 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9164 GPIA | 0.908 GPIA | 0.9327 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.9297 GPIA | 0.9143 GPIA | 0.9653 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9399 GPIA | 0.9057 GPIA | 0.9592 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9596 GPIA | 0.9456 GPIA | 0.9724 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9727 GPIA | 0.9413 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 0.9991 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- 9 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.06 GPIA compare
- 10 Cook Islands 1.05 GPIA compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 1.05 GPIA compare
- 12 Zambia 1.04 GPIA compare
- 13 Naoero 1.04 GPIA compare
- 14 Madagascar 1.04 GPIA compare
- 15 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.04 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 139,514 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 132,877 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 72,041 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 15,332 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 169,203 (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 169,721 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 86,683 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) was 1 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9057 GPIA in 1990.
- How does ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 12th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 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