School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
50th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.02 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8527 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 1 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8527 GPIA, in 1998.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 50th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8527 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8546 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8585 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8686 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8769 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9213 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9225 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9297 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9365 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9484 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9629 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9727 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9707 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9691 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9789 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9876 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9911 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9943 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9936 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9926 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.995 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8537 GPIA | 0.8527 GPIA | 0.8546 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9198 GPIA | 0.8585 GPIA | 0.9727 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9965 GPIA | 0.9691 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9952 GPIA | 0.9926 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- 47 Equatorial Guinea 1.02 GPIA compare
- 48 Timor-Leste 1.02 GPIA compare
- 49 Sri Lanka 1.02 GPIA compare
- 50 China 1.01 GPIA compare
- 51 Ukraine 1.01 GPIA compare
- 52 Puerto Rico 1.01 GPIA compare
- 53 Cayman Islands 1.01 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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 WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8527 GPIA in 1998.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 50th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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