School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Palau
Palau: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9831 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Palau, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Palau is 0.9831 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Palau peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9141 GPIA, in 1999.
That places Palau 147th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Palau, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9141 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9635 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9565 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9606 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.956 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.994 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9748 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9821 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.9831 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9141 GPIA | 0.9141 GPIA | 0.9141 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.96 GPIA | 0.9565 GPIA | 0.9635 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9583 GPIA | 0.956 GPIA | 0.9606 GPIA | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.989 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 144 Barbados 0.9838 GPIA compare
- 145 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9837 GPIA compare
- 146 Netherlands 0.9837 GPIA compare
- 148 Zimbabwe 0.983 GPIA compare
- 149 Uzbekistan 0.9827 GPIA compare
- 150 Guatemala 0.9826 GPIA compare
More education data for Palau
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 205 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Palau?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Palau was 0.9831 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9141 GPIA in 1999.
- How does Palau rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Palau ranks 147th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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