School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Western Asia
SDG: Western Asia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9624 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9624 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
178th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9631 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.8696 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
27
1998–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Western Asia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Western Asia recorded 0.9624 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Western Asia peaked at 0.9631 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8696 GPIA, in 1999.
SDG: Western Asia ranks 178th 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: Western Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8734 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8696 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8713 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8833 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8912 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8982 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8982 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9043 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9127 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9201 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9288 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9342 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.938 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9397 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9382 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9458 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9502 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9499 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9554 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.954 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9563 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9602 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9595 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9612 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9631 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9624 GPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8715 GPIA | 0.8696 GPIA | 0.8734 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9042 GPIA | 0.8713 GPIA | 0.9342 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9484 GPIA | 0.938 GPIA | 0.9568 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9613 GPIA | 0.9595 GPIA | 0.9631 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Western Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.901 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.9495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.49 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.7535 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1276 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8581 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: Western Asia was 0.9624 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: Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9631 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in SDG: Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8696 GPIA in 1999.
- How does SDG: Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- SDG: Western Asia ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in SDG: Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: 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