School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Madagascar
Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.03 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Madagascar, 1998–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Madagascar stood at 1.03 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Madagascar peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.9735 GPIA, in 2005.
That places Madagascar 22nd out of 200 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.9818 GPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.9735 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9762 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9808 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9805 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9845 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9865 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9941 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.999 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9818 GPIA | 0.9818 GPIA | 0.9818 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9791 GPIA | 0.9735 GPIA | 0.9845 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9865 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Madagascar
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 138,648 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Madagascar?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Madagascar was 1.03 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9735 GPIA in 2005.
- How does Madagascar rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Madagascar ranks 22nd out of 200 countries with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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