School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9747 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 0.9747 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 0.9747 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8655 GPIA, in 1998.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 142nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8683 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8655 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.874 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8817 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.889 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8852 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8892 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8862 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8959 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9047 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9147 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9217 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9262 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9358 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9348 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9421 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9445 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9447 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9487 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9458 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9487 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.949 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9541 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9576 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9606 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.964 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.969 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9747 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8693 GPIA | 0.8655 GPIA | 0.874 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8995 GPIA | 0.8817 GPIA | 0.9262 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9448 GPIA | 0.9348 GPIA | 0.9541 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9652 GPIA | 0.9576 GPIA | 0.9747 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 139 Luxembourg 0.9862 GPIA compare
- 140 Colombia 0.9861 GPIA compare
- 141 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9854 GPIA compare
- 142 Poland 0.9841 GPIA compare
- 143 Guyana 0.9839 GPIA compare
- 144 Barbados 0.9838 GPIA compare
- 145 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9837 GPIA compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 0.9747 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9747 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8655 GPIA in 1998.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 142nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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