School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9744 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9744 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
161st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9744 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7494 GPIA
in 1974
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 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 GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 is 0.9744 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 0.9744 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7494 GPIA, in 1974.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 161st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7535 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7516 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.756 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.7532 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7494 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.7594 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.768 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.781 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.7878 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.7911 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.797 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.8077 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.8203 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.8189 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8303 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8337 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8351 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.8381 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8373 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8512 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8496 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8567 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8621 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8599 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8626 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.86 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8552 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8619 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.858 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8676 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8767 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.885 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8811 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8901 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8889 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8995 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9105 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9239 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9286 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9328 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9422 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9396 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9453 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9488 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9475 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9513 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9483 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9499 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9488 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9556 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9591 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9618 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9638 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9684 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9744 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7651 GPIA | 0.7494 GPIA | 0.7911 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8269 GPIA | 0.797 GPIA | 0.8512 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8594 GPIA | 0.8496 GPIA | 0.8676 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9017 GPIA | 0.8767 GPIA | 0.9328 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9477 GPIA | 0.9396 GPIA | 0.9556 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9655 GPIA | 0.9591 GPIA | 0.9744 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 158 Nicaragua 0.9725 GPIA compare
- 159 New Caledonia 0.9722 GPIA compare
- 160 Hong Kong, China 0.9718 GPIA compare
- 161 Papua New Guinea 0.9717 GPIA compare
- 162 Solomon Islands 0.9713 GPIA compare
- 163 Nigeria 0.9709 GPIA compare
- 163 Pakistan 0.9709 GPIA compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 0.9744 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9744 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7494 GPIA in 1974.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 161st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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