School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Europe
UNICEF: Western Europe: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9974 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
0.9974 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
59th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9974 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.9889 GPIA
in 2017
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Europe, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Western Europe recorded 0.9974 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Europe peaked at 0.9974 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9889 GPIA, in 2017.
UNICEF: Western Europe ranks 59th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Europe, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9933 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9933 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9931 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9925 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9928 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9941 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9928 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9934 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9931 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9902 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9906 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9892 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9902 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9913 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9925 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9921 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9921 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9929 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9889 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9896 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9923 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9948 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9952 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9972 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9973 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9974 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9933 GPIA | 0.9933 GPIA | 0.9933 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9926 GPIA | 0.9902 GPIA | 0.9941 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9911 GPIA | 0.9889 GPIA | 0.9929 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9964 GPIA | 0.9948 GPIA | 0.9974 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Western Europe
- 56 Anguilla 1.01 GPIA compare
- 57 Trinidad and Tobago 1.01 GPIA compare
- 58 Niue 1.01 GPIA compare
- 59 Peru 1.01 GPIA compare
- 60 Brunei Darussalam 1.01 GPIA compare
- 61 Norway 1.01 GPIA compare
- 62 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.01 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: Western Europe
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 223,264 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0004 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Western Europe was 0.9974 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9974 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9889 GPIA in 2017.
- How does UNICEF: Western Europe rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: Western Europe ranks 59th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: Western Europe 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