School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia
Namibia: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9466 GPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia, 1989β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 0.9466 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia peaked at 1.07 GPIA in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.9466 GPIA, in 2024.
Namibia ranks 186th of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9907 GPIA | 0.9633 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9574 GPIA | 0.9543 GPIA | 0.9621 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9468 GPIA | 0.9627 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9516 GPIA | 0.9466 GPIA | 0.9591 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 183 Serbia 0.9497 GPIA compare
- 184 Sudan 0.9495 GPIA compare
- 185 Mauritius 0.9488 GPIA compare
- 187 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.9459 GPIA compare
- 188 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9452 GPIA compare
- 189 Guinea-Bissau 0.9436 GPIA compare
More education data for Namibia
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 120.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 21,240 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 117.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Namibia was 0.9466 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPIA in 1989.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9466 GPIA in 2024.
- How does Namibia rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Namibia ranks 186th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release