School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9667 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) stood at 0.9667 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 0.9667 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8307 GPIA, in 1996.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 173rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8481 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8541 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8307 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.8544 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8608 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.867 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8742 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8843 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.889 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9034 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9042 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9086 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9124 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9173 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9301 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9311 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.931 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.927 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9308 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.934 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9405 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9414 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9471 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9501 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9524 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9573 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9584 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9602 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9637 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9657 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9667 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8525 GPIA | 0.8307 GPIA | 0.867 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9055 GPIA | 0.8742 GPIA | 0.9311 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9412 GPIA | 0.927 GPIA | 0.9573 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9629 GPIA | 0.9584 GPIA | 0.9667 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 170 Pakistan 0.9665 GPIA compare
- 171 Libya 0.9656 GPIA compare
- 172 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.965 GPIA compare
- 173 Republic of Moldova 0.9609 GPIA compare
- 174 Sudan 0.9608 GPIA compare
- 175 Viet Nam 0.9607 GPIA compare
- 176 South Africa 0.9537 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.98 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.9667 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9667 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8307 GPIA in 1996.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 173rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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