School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
1.01 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
20th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.01 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.986 GPIA
in 2000
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) stood at 1.01 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.986 GPIA, in 2000.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 20th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9864 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.986 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9886 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9905 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9945 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.994 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9938 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9955 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9979 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9988 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9973 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9963 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9954 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9902 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9901 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9904 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9933 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9943 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9948 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9961 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9999 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9991 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9864 GPIA | 0.9864 GPIA | 0.9864 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9937 GPIA | 0.986 GPIA | 0.9988 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9941 GPIA | 0.9901 GPIA | 0.9999 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9991 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 17 Bermuda 1.05 GPIA compare
- 18 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.04 GPIA compare
- 19 Tuvalu 1.04 GPIA compare
- 20 Honduras 1.04 GPIA compare
- 21 Cook Islands 1.04 GPIA compare
- 22 Madagascar 1.03 GPIA compare
- 23 Gibraltar 1.03 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 1.01 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.986 GPIA in 2000.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 20th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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