School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.9695 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.9695 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
180th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9769 GPIA
in 2011
All-time low
0.5695 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) recorded 0.9695 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2021.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 0.9769 GPIA in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5695 GPIA, in 1971.
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 180th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5703 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5695 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6018 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 0.5945 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.5744 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.5886 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.5938 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6323 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6392 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.6389 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6421 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.6929 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7409 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 0.678 GPIA | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 0.7272 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 0.731 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7391 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7343 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.789 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7992 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8166 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8338 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.8407 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8404 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.8533 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8588 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8604 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.863 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8681 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8808 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9064 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9313 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9014 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9131 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.879 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9269 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9402 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9653 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.952 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9535 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9673 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9769 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9715 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9609 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9604 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9604 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9573 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9522 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9543 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9653 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9719 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9695 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6003 GPIA | 0.5695 GPIA | 0.6392 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7274 GPIA | 0.6421 GPIA | 0.7992 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8516 GPIA | 0.8166 GPIA | 0.8808 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9269 GPIA | 0.879 GPIA | 0.9653 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9626 GPIA | 0.9522 GPIA | 0.9769 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9707 GPIA | 0.9695 GPIA | 0.9719 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
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, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 0.9695 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9769 GPIA in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5695 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release