School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.8955 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries recorded 0.8955 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.8955 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6399 GPIA, in 1999.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.6402 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.6399 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6576 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.6765 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.7095 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 0.7285 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7378 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7606 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7732 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7713 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7992 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.806 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8159 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8152 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8193 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8338 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8508 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8558 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8712 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8831 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8812 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8953 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8955 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6401 GPIA | 0.6399 GPIA | 0.6402 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.742 GPIA | 0.6576 GPIA | 0.806 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8522 GPIA | 0.8152 GPIA | 0.8953 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8955 GPIA | 0.8955 GPIA | 0.8955 GPIA | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 183,698 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 193,251 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.84 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.48 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 577,798 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.17 million (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 435,827 (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 0.8955 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8955 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6399 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release