School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9877 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Developing Regions, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
MDG: Developing Regions recorded 0.9877 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 0.9947 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8864 GPIA, in 1994.
That places MDG: Developing Regions 105th 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 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Developing Regions, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8864 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8882 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.891 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8931 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8935 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8974 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9013 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9086 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9123 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9344 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9332 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9384 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9437 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9495 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9585 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.965 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9669 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9666 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9716 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9883 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9877 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9893 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9947 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9936 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9777 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9798 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9814 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9825 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9835 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9853 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9877 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8916 GPIA | 0.8864 GPIA | 0.8974 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9345 GPIA | 0.9013 GPIA | 0.965 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9816 GPIA | 0.9666 GPIA | 0.9947 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9841 GPIA | 0.9814 GPIA | 0.9877 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developing Regions
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 368.76 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 190.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Developing Regions?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Developing Regions was 0.9877 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9947 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8864 GPIA in 1994.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 105th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions 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