School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA 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 … lower adjusted GPIA 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)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 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