School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9753 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9753 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
159th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9753 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7789 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia recorded 0.9753 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 0.9753 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7789 GPIA, in 1971.
That places SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 159th 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 SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7807 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7789 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.781 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7831 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7873 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.7889 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7916 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7989 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.8052 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.8226 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8316 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8401 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8461 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.8484 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8505 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.8542 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8591 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.8629 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8588 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8661 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8718 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.8693 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.876 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8777 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8763 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8849 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8612 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.8846 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8903 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8956 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9026 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9125 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9199 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9242 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9278 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9284 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9298 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9321 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9434 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9448 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9474 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9429 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9495 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9523 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9572 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9565 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9616 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9636 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9654 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9696 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9707 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9706 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.972 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9732 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9753 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7918 GPIA | 0.7789 GPIA | 0.8226 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8518 GPIA | 0.8316 GPIA | 0.8661 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8788 GPIA | 0.8612 GPIA | 0.8956 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9265 GPIA | 0.9026 GPIA | 0.9448 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9566 GPIA | 0.9429 GPIA | 0.9696 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9724 GPIA | 0.9706 GPIA | 0.9753 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
- 156 Colombia 0.9735 GPIA compare
- 157 Guadeloupe 0.9734 GPIA compare
- 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
More education data for SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 61.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5703 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7875 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia was 0.9753 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9753 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7789 GPIA in 1971.
- How does SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 159th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 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