School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9644 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
0.9644 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
191st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.965 GPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.7914 GPIA
in 1973
Years of data
50
1970–2019
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) recorded 0.9644 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2019.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) peaked at 0.965 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7914 GPIA, in 1973.
That places ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 191st out of 221 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8189 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.8105 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.8109 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7914 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.8018 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8202 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.8066 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.8194 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8316 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.847 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.8582 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.87 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.8899 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8993 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9098 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.9226 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.9329 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9399 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.9441 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.9456 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9457 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.9435 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9358 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9419 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9367 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9449 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.931 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.9403 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9438 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9408 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9373 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9399 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9347 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9434 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.932 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9294 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9398 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9548 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9509 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9498 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9468 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9442 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9472 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.948 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9513 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9601 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.965 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9644 GPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8158 GPIA | 0.7914 GPIA | 0.847 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9112 GPIA | 0.8582 GPIA | 0.9456 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9404 GPIA | 0.931 GPIA | 0.9457 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9403 GPIA | 0.9294 GPIA | 0.9548 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9531 GPIA | 0.9442 GPIA | 0.965 GPIA | 10 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
- 188 Sudan 0.9495 GPIA compare
- 189 Mauritius 0.9488 GPIA compare
- 190 Namibia 0.9466 GPIA compare
- 191 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9459 GPIA compare
- 192 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9452 GPIA compare
- 193 Guinea-Bissau 0.9436 GPIA compare
- 194 French Polynesia 0.943 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.7% (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.6% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 355,410 (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.3% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 429,558 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 503,737 (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 49,680 (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 955,571 (2019)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 313,204 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 288,423 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) was 0.9644 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.965 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7914 GPIA in 1973.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) ranks 191st out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 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