School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: World
UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: World, 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: World recorded 0.9886 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
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 UNICEF: World peaked at 0.9948 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9045 GPIA, in 1996.
That places UNICEF: World 94th 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 29 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: World, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.9045 GPIA | — |
| 1997 | 0.9068 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9073 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9106 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.914 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9202 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9234 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9426 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9415 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 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9701 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9744 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9891 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.989 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 | 0.9073 GPIA | 0.9045 GPIA | 0.9106 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.9424 GPIA | 0.914 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 UNICEF: World
More education data for UNICEF: World
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 336.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4208 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3082 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 268.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 129.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 206.38 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: World?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9045 GPIA in 1996.
- How does UNICEF: World rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: 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