School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Finland
Finland: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9988 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Finland, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.9988 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Finland peaked at 0.9988 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9903 GPIA, in 2019.
That places Finland 91st out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Finland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.9982 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.998 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9964 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9954 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9951 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9974 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9961 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9944 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9949 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9949 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.994 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.995 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9953 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9947 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9953 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9953 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9952 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9913 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9903 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.994 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9962 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9954 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9981 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9988 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9962 GPIA | 0.9944 GPIA | 0.9982 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9941 GPIA | 0.9903 GPIA | 0.9953 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9965 GPIA | 0.994 GPIA | 0.9988 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 24,571 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,253 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 187,925 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 150,883 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 Finland?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Finland was 0.9988 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9988 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9903 GPIA in 2019.
- How does Finland rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Finland ranks 91st out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Finland 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