School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Uganda
Uganda: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 GPIA in 2017. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Uganda, 1970β2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Uganda is 1.01 GPIA, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Uganda peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6291 GPIA, in 1970.
Uganda ranks 40th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6762 GPIA | 0.6291 GPIA | 0.711 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7674 GPIA | 0.7142 GPIA | 0.8097 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8374 GPIA | 0.7711 GPIA | 0.9124 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9675 GPIA | 0.9173 GPIA | 0.9928 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 0.9978 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 7 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers 207,238 (2017)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.17 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.8% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Uganda?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Uganda was 1.01 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6291 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Uganda ranks 40th out of 209 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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