School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9515 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ethiopia, 1994–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ethiopia is 0.9515 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ethiopia peaked at 0.9515 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5943 GPIA, in 1996.
That places Ethiopia 177th out of 200 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.6645 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.6257 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5943 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.5965 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.6212 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6616 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6822 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6922 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.694 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7306 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7767 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 0.812 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.837 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8648 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8999 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9093 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.918 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9308 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9332 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9259 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9097 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9243 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9511 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9515 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6204 GPIA | 0.5943 GPIA | 0.6645 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7651 GPIA | 0.6616 GPIA | 0.8999 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9211 GPIA | 0.9093 GPIA | 0.9332 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.9423 GPIA | 0.9243 GPIA | 0.9515 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.64 % change on previous year (2012)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 151,765 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 186,951 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 173,906 (2014)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 14.17 % change on previous year (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 413,109 (2014)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.68 % change on previous year (2012)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ethiopia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ethiopia was 0.9515 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9515 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5943 GPIA in 1996.
- How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Ethiopia ranks 177th out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release