School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Sweden
Sweden: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.06 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Sweden, 2001β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 1.06 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Sweden peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9946 GPIA, in 2004.
Sweden ranks 7th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9946 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9961 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 4 Bangladesh 1.11 GPIA compare
- 4 Tokelau 0.9796 GPIA compare
- 5 Maldives 1.1 GPIA compare
- 5 Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 0.9261 GPIA compare
- 6 Bhutan 1.07 GPIA compare
- 6 St. Helena 0.8208 GPIA
- 8 Tanzania 1.06 GPIA compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 1.05 GPIA compare
- 10 Zambia 1.04 GPIA compare
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Sweden?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Sweden was 1.06 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9946 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Sweden rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Sweden ranks 7th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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