School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9223 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) is 0.9223 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 0.9223 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7326 GPIA, in 1997.
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 210th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.7326 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.7327 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7506 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7695 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7787 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7746 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7845 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7799 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8087 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8238 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8312 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8465 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8608 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8708 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8767 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8847 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8937 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8928 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9016 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9021 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9033 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9007 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9039 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.907 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9129 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9196 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9223 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7386 GPIA | 0.7326 GPIA | 0.7506 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8058 GPIA | 0.7695 GPIA | 0.8608 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.893 GPIA | 0.8708 GPIA | 0.9039 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9155 GPIA | 0.907 GPIA | 0.9223 GPIA | 4 |
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 0.9223 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9223 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7326 GPIA in 1997.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 210th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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