School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
48th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.02 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8573 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2024

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1998–2024

00.250.50.7511998201120241998: 0.857 GPIA1999: 0.859 GPIA2000: 0.863 GPIA2001: 0.873 GPIA2002: 0.881 GPIA2003: 0.924 GPIA2004: 0.925 GPIA2005: 0.932 GPIA2006: 0.939 GPIA2007: 0.951 GPIA2008: 0.965 GPIA2009: 0.974 GPIA2010: 0.972 GPIA2011: 0.97 GPIA2012: 0.98 GPIA2013: 1 GPIA2014: 1 GPIA2015: 1 GPIA2016: 1 GPIA2017: 1 GPIA2018: 0.989 GPIA2019: 0.992 GPIA2020: 0.995 GPIA2021: 0.994 GPIA2022: 0.993 GPIA2023: 0.996 GPIA2024: 1 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) recorded 1 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8573 GPIA, in 1998.

That places ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 48th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1998 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1998 0.8573 GPIA
1999 0.8594 GPIA +0.2%
2000 0.8631 GPIA +0.4%
2001 0.8729 GPIA +1.1%
2002 0.8811 GPIA +0.9%
2003 0.9238 GPIA +4.8%
2004 0.9254 GPIA +0.2%
2005 0.932 GPIA +0.7%
2006 0.9387 GPIA +0.7%
2007 0.9505 GPIA +1.3%
2008 0.9645 GPIA +1.5%
2009 0.9739 GPIA +1.0%
2010 0.9718 GPIA -0.2%
2011 0.9703 GPIA -0.2%
2012 0.9798 GPIA +1.0%
2013 1.01 GPIA +3.0%
2014 1.01 GPIA -0.0%
2015 1.01 GPIA +0.3%
2016 1.02 GPIA +1.0%
2017 1.02 GPIA -0.2%
2018 0.9885 GPIA -3.0%
2019 0.9919 GPIA +0.3%
2020 0.9952 GPIA +0.3%
2021 0.9944 GPIA -0.1%
2022 0.9933 GPIA -0.1%
2023 0.9956 GPIA +0.2%
2024 1 GPIA +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8584 GPIA 0.8573 GPIA 0.8594 GPIA 2
2000s 0.9226 GPIA 0.8631 GPIA 0.9739 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9971 GPIA 0.9703 GPIA 1.02 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9959 GPIA 0.9933 GPIA 1 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

  1. 45 Lebanon 1.02 GPIA compare
  2. 46 Qatar 1.02 GPIA compare
  3. 47 Equatorial Guinea 1.02 GPIA compare
  4. 48 Timor-Leste 1.02 GPIA compare
  5. 49 Sri Lanka 1.02 GPIA compare
  6. 50 China 1.01 GPIA compare
  7. 51 Ukraine 1.01 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: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 1 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: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8573 GPIA in 1998.
How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 48th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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