School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9391 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9391 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
209th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9391 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6499 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) is 0.9391 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 0.9391 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6499 GPIA, in 1971.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6508 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6499 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6628 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6722 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.678 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6772 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.6797 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.6891 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.6981 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6932 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.7017 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7081 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7354 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.7372 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7435 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7353 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7413 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7594 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7449 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7508 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7552 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7634 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.7644 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.766 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.7652 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7474 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7388 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.7453 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7455 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7684 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7909 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.802 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.7954 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8076 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8058 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8383 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8558 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8613 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8752 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8885 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8959 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8988 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9049 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9134 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9111 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9205 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9219 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9214 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9175 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9219 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9252 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9304 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.935 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9373 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9391 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6751 GPIA | 0.6499 GPIA | 0.6981 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7358 GPIA | 0.7017 GPIA | 0.7594 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.756 GPIA | 0.7388 GPIA | 0.7684 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8321 GPIA | 0.7909 GPIA | 0.8885 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9127 GPIA | 0.8959 GPIA | 0.9219 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9334 GPIA | 0.9252 GPIA | 0.9391 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 62.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 11.44 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 0.9391 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9391 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6499 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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