School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cambodia
Cambodia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9982 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9982 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
98th
of 200 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.8072 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cambodia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cambodia stood at 0.9982 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cambodia peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8072 GPIA, in 1998.
Cambodia ranks 98th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8072 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8234 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.832 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8494 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.863 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8763 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8918 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9067 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9179 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9259 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.943 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9492 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9637 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9594 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9634 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9457 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9746 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9949 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9979 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9997 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9917 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9982 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8153 GPIA | 0.8072 GPIA | 0.8234 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8955 GPIA | 0.832 GPIA | 0.9492 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9814 GPIA | 0.9457 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9917 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 25.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27,672 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 18,344 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 165,994 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 23.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 150,111 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 28.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cambodia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cambodia was 0.9982 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8072 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Cambodia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Cambodia ranks 98th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release