School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender was 0.995 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.995 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
70th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.03 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8915 GPIA
in 1994
Years of data
31
1994–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) recorded 0.995 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8915 GPIA, in 1994.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 70th 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 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8915 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8948 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9004 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9023 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9041 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9084 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9135 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9216 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9285 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9589 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.956 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9619 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9668 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9717 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.982 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.991 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9929 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.994 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9934 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9945 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9945 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9923 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9906 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9921 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.995 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9002 GPIA | 0.8915 GPIA | 0.9084 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9551 GPIA | 0.9135 GPIA | 0.99 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.991 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9929 GPIA | 0.9906 GPIA | 0.995 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 390.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6175 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 187.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3795 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 198.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 203.58 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 0.995 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8915 GPIA in 1994.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 70th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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