School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9876 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9876 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
106th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9951 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8893 GPIA
in 1994
Years of data
31
1994–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 0.9876 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 0.9951 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8893 GPIA, in 1994.
That places UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 106th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.8893 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.891 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.8936 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8958 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8962 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9038 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9108 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9144 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9358 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9345 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9394 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9448 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9504 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9594 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9659 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9678 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9675 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9723 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9887 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9882 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9898 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9951 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9939 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9782 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9802 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9813 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9824 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9833 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9853 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9876 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8943 GPIA | 0.8893 GPIA | 0.9 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9359 GPIA | 0.9038 GPIA | 0.9659 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9822 GPIA | 0.9675 GPIA | 0.9951 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.984 GPIA | 0.9813 GPIA | 0.9876 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6486 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 0.9876 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9951 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8893 GPIA in 1994.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 106th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef 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