School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9588 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9588 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
199th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9588 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6781 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 0.9588 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 0.9588 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6781 GPIA, in 1971.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6796 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6781 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6876 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6943 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.7025 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.7027 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7093 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.719 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7336 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7354 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7466 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7521 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7762 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7809 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7882 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7802 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7864 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7999 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.79 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7948 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8004 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.8048 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8086 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8091 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8082 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7924 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7848 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.7902 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7894 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8087 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8269 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8355 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8271 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8378 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8369 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8628 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8784 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8841 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8947 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9074 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9159 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9211 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9257 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9337 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9319 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9396 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9404 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9394 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9363 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9401 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.943 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9484 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9531 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9557 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9588 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7042 GPIA | 0.6781 GPIA | 0.7354 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7795 GPIA | 0.7466 GPIA | 0.7999 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7997 GPIA | 0.7848 GPIA | 0.8091 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8592 GPIA | 0.8269 GPIA | 0.9074 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9324 GPIA | 0.9159 GPIA | 0.9404 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9518 GPIA | 0.943 GPIA | 0.9588 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- 196 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9417 GPIA compare
- 197 Fiji 0.9411 GPIA compare
- 198 Ethiopia 0.9346 GPIA compare
- 199 Eswatini 0.9344 GPIA compare
- 200 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9292 GPIA compare
- 201 Montserrat 0.9261 GPIA compare
- 202 Benin 0.925 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.11 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.34 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 0.9588 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9588 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6781 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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