School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Balkans
UNICEF: Western Balkans: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.3%
Rank
32nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.9873 GPIA
in 2000
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Balkans, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Balkans stood at 1 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Balkans peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9873 GPIA, in 2000.
That places UNICEF: Western Balkans 32nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Balkans, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9875 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9873 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9897 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9899 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9962 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9948 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9958 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9967 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9958 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9944 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9956 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.999 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9988 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9984 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9995 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9973 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9967 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9949 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.992 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9913 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9904 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9929 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9912 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9901 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9875 GPIA | 0.9875 GPIA | 0.9875 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9943 GPIA | 0.9873 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9964 GPIA | 0.9913 GPIA | 0.9995 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9935 GPIA | 0.9901 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Western Balkans
- 29 Syrian Arab Republic 1.03 GPIA compare
- 30 Kuwait 1.03 GPIA compare
- 31 Lesotho 1.03 GPIA compare
- 32 Malawi 1.03 GPIA compare
- 33 Marshall Islands 1.02 GPIA compare
- 34 Ecuador 1.02 GPIA compare
- 35 El Salvador 1.02 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: Western Balkans
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 523,199 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45,751 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 544,823 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 571,333 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 316,196 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.7112 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 214,619 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Balkans was 1 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: Western Balkans?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9873 GPIA in 2000.
- How does UNICEF: Western Balkans rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: Western Balkans ranks 32nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: Western Balkans 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