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

Latest (2023)
0.965 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
175th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.965 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7626 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
30
1994–2023

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1994–2023

00.20.40.60.811994200820231994: 0.781 GPIA1995: 0.765 GPIA1996: 0.763 GPIA1997: 0.772 GPIA1998: 0.773 GPIA1999: 0.793 GPIA2000: 0.803 GPIA2001: 0.806 GPIA2002: 0.812 GPIA2003: 0.818 GPIA2004: 0.829 GPIA2005: 0.841 GPIA2006: 0.855 GPIA2007: 0.862 GPIA2008: 0.875 GPIA2009: 0.887 GPIA2010: 0.894 GPIA2011: 0.889 GPIA2012: 0.899 GPIA2013: 0.913 GPIA2014: 0.916 GPIA2015: 0.929 GPIA2016: 0.928 GPIA2017: 0.932 GPIA2018: 0.932 GPIA2019: 0.937 GPIA2020: 0.943 GPIA2021: 0.952 GPIA2022: 0.961 GPIA2023: 0.965 GPIA

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

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1994 to 2023.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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)

  1. 172 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.965 GPIA compare
  2. 173 Republic of Moldova 0.9609 GPIA compare
  3. 174 Sudan 0.9608 GPIA compare
  4. 175 Viet Nam 0.9607 GPIA compare
  5. 176 South Africa 0.9537 GPIA compare
  6. 177 Ethiopia 0.9515 GPIA compare
  7. 178 Serbia 0.9503 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 421 places →

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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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release