School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
1.02 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
6th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.02 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.989 GPIA
in 2000
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Latin America, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Latin America stood at 1.02 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Latin America peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.989 GPIA, in 2000.
MDG: Latin America ranks 6th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9894 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.989 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9912 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9925 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9963 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9963 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9959 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9972 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9995 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9993 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9978 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9926 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9925 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9926 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9951 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.996 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9968 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9979 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9999 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9894 GPIA | 0.9894 GPIA | 0.9894 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9958 GPIA | 0.989 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9962 GPIA | 0.9925 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9999 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
- 3 Gambia 1.16 GPIA compare
- 4 Bangladesh 1.16 GPIA compare
- 5 Bhutan 1.11 GPIA compare
- 6 Maldives 1.09 GPIA compare
- 7 Burkina Faso 1.09 GPIA compare
- 8 Sweden 1.06 GPIA compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 1.06 GPIA compare
More education data for MDG: Latin America
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 30.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7521 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3227 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4791 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Latin America?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: Latin America was 1.02 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: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.989 GPIA in 2000.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 6th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this MDG: Latin America 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