School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100), 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) stood at 0.9728 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) peaked at 0.9728 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8275 GPIA, in 1996.
That places ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8348 GPIA | 0.8275 GPIA | 0.8417 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8706 GPIA | 0.8448 GPIA | 0.9066 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9337 GPIA | 0.9094 GPIA | 0.9514 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9656 GPIA | 0.9561 GPIA | 0.9728 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
- 147 Palau 0.9831 GPIA compare
- 148 Zimbabwe 0.983 GPIA compare
- 149 Uzbekistan 0.9827 GPIA compare
- 150 Guatemala 0.9826 GPIA compare
- 151 Liechtenstein 0.9826 GPIA compare
- 152 Kazakhstan 0.9811 GPIA compare
- 153 Armenia 0.9808 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 46.96 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8275 GPIA in 1996.
- How does ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) ranks 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 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