School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9676 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Least Developed Countries recorded 0.9676 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.9676 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8014 GPIA, in 1997.
SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 169th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8014 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8027 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8201 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.836 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8461 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8454 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8508 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8446 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.867 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8785 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8888 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8962 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9044 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9143 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9134 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9197 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9266 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.93 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9406 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.942 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9421 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9473 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9527 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9588 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9648 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9676 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8081 GPIA | 0.8014 GPIA | 0.8201 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8658 GPIA | 0.836 GPIA | 0.9044 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9317 GPIA | 0.9134 GPIA | 0.9473 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.961 GPIA | 0.9527 GPIA | 0.9676 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.43 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.684 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.12 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 0.9676 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9676 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8014 GPIA in 1997.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 169th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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