School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: World
MDG: World: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9886 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9886 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
94th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9948 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.9047 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
29
1996–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: World, 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
MDG: World recorded 0.9886 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: World peaked at 0.9948 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9047 GPIA, in 1996.
MDG: World ranks 94th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: World, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.9047 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.9069 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9074 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9107 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9141 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9203 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9235 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9427 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9416 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9451 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9502 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9553 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9631 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9691 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9706 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9701 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9744 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9891 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9889 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9905 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9948 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9936 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9797 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9819 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9825 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9837 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9847 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9865 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9886 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9074 GPIA | 0.9047 GPIA | 0.9107 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.9425 GPIA | 0.9141 GPIA | 0.9691 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9833 GPIA | 0.9701 GPIA | 0.9948 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9852 GPIA | 0.9825 GPIA | 0.9886 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: World
More education data for MDG: World
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 139.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 129.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.1698 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: World?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in MDG: World was 0.9886 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: World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9948 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in MDG: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9047 GPIA in 1996.
- How does MDG: World rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- MDG: World ranks 94th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in MDG: World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: World 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