School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.968 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia is 0.968 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 0.968 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8544 GPIA, in 1996.
That places SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 168th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8639 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8698 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8544 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8726 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8777 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8823 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8879 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8983 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9031 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9146 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.917 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9201 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.924 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9293 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9385 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9402 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9413 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.939 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9416 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9521 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9512 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9556 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9572 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9607 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9628 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9623 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9646 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9661 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.968 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8701 GPIA | 0.8544 GPIA | 0.8823 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9173 GPIA | 0.8879 GPIA | 0.9402 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.95 GPIA | 0.939 GPIA | 0.9607 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9648 GPIA | 0.9623 GPIA | 0.968 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 61.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5703 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7875 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia was 0.968 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.968 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8544 GPIA in 1996.
- How does SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 168th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 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