School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.9697 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9697 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
178th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9698 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7192 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 0.9697 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 0.9698 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7192 GPIA, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 178th 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 (GPIA) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7213 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7192 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7216 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7267 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.734 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7385 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.7427 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.7509 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7606 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7856 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7985 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8103 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8193 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8221 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8258 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.8312 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.8377 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8425 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8372 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8475 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8548 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.8516 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.8589 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.8598 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8569 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8663 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8325 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8637 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8706 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8774 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.887 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8986 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9064 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9125 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9155 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9176 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9183 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9203 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9339 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9362 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9386 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9325 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9413 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9444 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9504 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9504 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9574 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9604 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9626 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9674 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9669 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9678 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9691 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9698 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9697 GPIA | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7401 GPIA | 0.7192 GPIA | 0.7856 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8272 GPIA | 0.7985 GPIA | 0.8475 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8592 GPIA | 0.8325 GPIA | 0.8774 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9146 GPIA | 0.887 GPIA | 0.9362 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9505 GPIA | 0.9325 GPIA | 0.9674 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9686 GPIA | 0.9669 GPIA | 0.9698 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.9697 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9698 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7192 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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