School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9858 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9858 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
112th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.7952 GPIA
in 1974
Years of data
52
1973–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries is 0.9858 GPIA, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 1 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7952 GPIA, in 1974.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 112th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.7994 GPIA | — |
| 1974 | 0.7952 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.8289 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 0.8477 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.8531 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8531 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.85 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.851 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.852 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8511 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8488 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8532 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.8546 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.8635 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.8699 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8709 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8781 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8798 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8859 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8913 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8925 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8955 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8981 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8999 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9013 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9007 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9046 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9086 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9152 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9169 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9409 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.94 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9445 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9502 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9562 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9637 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9675 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9705 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9682 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9727 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9909 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9903 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9924 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9994 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9764 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9792 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9809 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9816 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9814 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9831 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9858 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8325 GPIA | 0.7952 GPIA | 0.8531 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.8593 GPIA | 0.8488 GPIA | 0.8781 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.895 GPIA | 0.8798 GPIA | 0.9046 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9404 GPIA | 0.9086 GPIA | 0.9675 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9841 GPIA | 0.9682 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9826 GPIA | 0.9809 GPIA | 0.9858 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 274.67 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 178.96 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 371.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 374.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 193.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 0.9858 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7952 GPIA in 1974.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 112th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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