School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)

WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9475 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9475 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
196th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9475 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7735 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
29
1995–2023

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1995–2023

00.20.40.60.811995200920231995: 0.78 GPIA1996: 0.774 GPIA1997: 0.778 GPIA1998: 0.777 GPIA1999: 0.792 GPIA2000: 0.807 GPIA2001: 0.814 GPIA2002: 0.808 GPIA2003: 0.815 GPIA2004: 0.811 GPIA2005: 0.834 GPIA2006: 0.847 GPIA2007: 0.854 GPIA2008: 0.866 GPIA2009: 0.879 GPIA2010: 0.889 GPIA2011: 0.897 GPIA2012: 0.905 GPIA2013: 0.914 GPIA2014: 0.914 GPIA2015: 0.922 GPIA2016: 0.923 GPIA2017: 0.924 GPIA2018: 0.923 GPIA2019: 0.927 GPIA2020: 0.931 GPIA2021: 0.937 GPIA2022: 0.944 GPIA2023: 0.947 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) is 0.9475 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 0.9475 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7735 GPIA, in 1996.

That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 196th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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 WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1995 to 2023.
Year GPIA Change
1995 0.78 GPIA
1996 0.7735 GPIA -0.8%
1997 0.778 GPIA +0.6%
1998 0.7769 GPIA -0.1%
1999 0.7918 GPIA +1.9%
2000 0.8069 GPIA +1.9%
2001 0.8136 GPIA +0.8%
2002 0.8078 GPIA -0.7%
2003 0.8147 GPIA +0.9%
2004 0.8108 GPIA -0.5%
2005 0.8344 GPIA +2.9%
2006 0.8472 GPIA +1.5%
2007 0.8539 GPIA +0.8%
2008 0.8659 GPIA +1.4%
2009 0.8789 GPIA +1.5%
2010 0.8892 GPIA +1.2%
2011 0.8975 GPIA +0.9%
2012 0.9048 GPIA +0.8%
2013 0.914 GPIA +1.0%
2014 0.9143 GPIA +0.0%
2015 0.9223 GPIA +0.9%
2016 0.9232 GPIA +0.1%
2017 0.9244 GPIA +0.1%
2018 0.9232 GPIA -0.1%
2019 0.9272 GPIA +0.4%
2020 0.9309 GPIA +0.4%
2021 0.9375 GPIA +0.7%
2022 0.9442 GPIA +0.7%
2023 0.9475 GPIA +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.78 GPIA 0.7735 GPIA 0.7918 GPIA 5
2000s 0.8334 GPIA 0.8069 GPIA 0.8789 GPIA 10
2010s 0.914 GPIA 0.8892 GPIA 0.9272 GPIA 10
2020s 0.94 GPIA 0.9309 GPIA 0.9475 GPIA 4

Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)

  1. 193 Djibouti 0.8951 GPIA compare
  2. 194 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8863 GPIA compare
  3. 195 Yemen 0.8428 GPIA compare
  4. 196 Chad 0.8408 GPIA compare
  5. 197 Eritrea 0.8366 GPIA compare
  6. 198 Guinea 0.806 GPIA compare
  7. 199 Central African Republic 0.7715 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 421 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 0.9475 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
The highest recorded value was 0.9475 GPIA in 2023.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7735 GPIA in 1996.
How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 196th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release