School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9855 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9855 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
119th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.7887 GPIA
in 1974
Years of data
52
1973–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) is 0.9855 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7887 GPIA, in 1974.
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 119th 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.7927 GPIA | — |
| 1974 | 0.7887 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.8235 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8429 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.8484 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.8484 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.8451 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.8461 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.847 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8461 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8436 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8484 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.8592 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8658 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.867 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8742 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.876 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8823 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.888 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8893 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8924 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8951 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8969 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8982 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8975 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9016 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9057 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9125 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9143 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.939 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9382 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9428 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9487 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9549 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9626 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9666 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9696 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9672 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9718 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9904 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9899 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9921 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9994 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9758 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9787 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9805 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9812 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9811 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9829 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9855 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8271 GPIA | 0.7887 GPIA | 0.8484 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.8547 GPIA | 0.8436 GPIA | 0.8742 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8917 GPIA | 0.876 GPIA | 0.9016 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9385 GPIA | 0.9057 GPIA | 0.9666 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9836 GPIA | 0.9672 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9823 GPIA | 0.9805 GPIA | 0.9855 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- 116 Azerbaijan 0.9944 GPIA compare
- 117 Myanmar 0.9937 GPIA compare
- 118 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9935 GPIA compare
- 119 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9934 GPIA compare
- 120 Lebanon 0.9933 GPIA compare
- 121 Ghana 0.9928 GPIA compare
- 122 Republic of Moldova 0.9922 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 0.9855 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7887 GPIA in 1974.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 119th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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