School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.965 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1994–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) is 0.965 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 0.965 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7626 GPIA, in 1996.
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 175th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.7807 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.7648 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7626 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7716 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7732 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7932 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8027 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8059 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8119 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8179 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8294 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8414 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8551 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8624 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8749 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8866 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8944 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8888 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8987 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9134 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9164 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9285 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9285 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9315 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9321 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9375 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9429 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9521 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9609 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.965 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7743 GPIA | 0.7626 GPIA | 0.7932 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8388 GPIA | 0.8027 GPIA | 0.8866 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.917 GPIA | 0.8888 GPIA | 0.9375 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9552 GPIA | 0.9429 GPIA | 0.965 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- 172 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.965 GPIA compare
- 173 Republic of Moldova 0.9609 GPIA compare
- 174 Sudan 0.9608 GPIA compare
- 175 Viet Nam 0.9607 GPIA compare
- 176 South Africa 0.9537 GPIA compare
- 177 Ethiopia 0.9515 GPIA compare
- 178 Serbia 0.9503 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.1% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.57 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.21 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.99 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 24.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 48.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 24.59 million (2024)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 0.965 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.965 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7626 GPIA in 1996.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 175th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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