School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)

ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9587 GPIA in 2020. ▬ Flat

Latest (2020)
0.9587 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
192nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9587 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.9406 GPIA
in 2006
Years of data
24
1997–2020

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1997–2020

00.20.40.60.811997200820201997: 0.949 GPIA1998: 0.951 GPIA1999: 0.95 GPIA2000: 0.949 GPIA2001: 0.948 GPIA2002: 0.946 GPIA2003: 0.948 GPIA2004: 0.947 GPIA2005: 0.941 GPIA2006: 0.941 GPIA2007: 0.947 GPIA2008: 0.955 GPIA2009: 0.953 GPIA2010: 0.954 GPIA2011: 0.952 GPIA2012: 0.952 GPIA2013: 0.951 GPIA2014: 0.952 GPIA2015: 0.953 GPIA2016: 0.955 GPIA2017: 0.957 GPIA2018: 0.959 GPIA2019: 0.958 GPIA2020: 0.959 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) recorded 0.9587 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2020. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 0.9587 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9406 GPIA, in 2006.

ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 192nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1997 to 2020.
Year GPIA Change
1997 0.9486 GPIA
1998 0.9513 GPIA +0.3%
1999 0.9503 GPIA -0.1%
2000 0.9489 GPIA -0.1%
2001 0.9483 GPIA -0.1%
2002 0.9458 GPIA -0.3%
2003 0.9485 GPIA +0.3%
2004 0.9467 GPIA -0.2%
2005 0.9415 GPIA -0.6%
2006 0.9406 GPIA -0.1%
2007 0.9469 GPIA +0.7%
2008 0.9554 GPIA +0.9%
2009 0.9531 GPIA -0.2%
2010 0.9543 GPIA +0.1%
2011 0.9523 GPIA -0.2%
2012 0.9516 GPIA -0.1%
2013 0.9509 GPIA -0.1%
2014 0.9518 GPIA +0.1%
2015 0.9529 GPIA +0.1%
2016 0.9546 GPIA +0.2%
2017 0.9567 GPIA +0.2%
2018 0.9585 GPIA +0.2%
2019 0.958 GPIA -0.1%
2020 0.9587 GPIA +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9501 GPIA 0.9486 GPIA 0.9513 GPIA 3
2000s 0.9476 GPIA 0.9406 GPIA 0.9554 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9542 GPIA 0.9509 GPIA 0.9585 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9587 GPIA 0.9587 GPIA 0.9587 GPIA 1

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)

  1. 189 Tajikistan 0.9165 GPIA compare
  2. 190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9103 GPIA compare
  3. 191 Cameroon 0.9086 GPIA compare
  4. 192 Dominica 0.9036 GPIA compare
  5. 193 Djibouti 0.8951 GPIA compare
  6. 194 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8863 GPIA compare
  7. 195 Yemen 0.8428 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 ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 0.9587 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9587 GPIA in 2020.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9406 GPIA in 2006.
How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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