School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: World
SDG: World: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9886 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: World, 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: World stood at 0.9886 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 SDG: World peaked at 0.9948 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9047 GPIA, in 1996.
SDG: 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 SDG: World, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.9047 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.907 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 SDG: World
More education data for SDG: World
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 314.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 337.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 206.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 34.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 404.43 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 213.09 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 199.67 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: World?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in SDG: 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 SDG: 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 SDG: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9047 GPIA in 1996.
- How does SDG: World rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- SDG: 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 SDG: World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: 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