School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan

WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9412 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9412 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
202nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9412 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7993 GPIA
in 1996
Years of data
29
1996–2024

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, 1996–2024

00.20.40.60.811996201020241996: 0.799 GPIA1997: 0.812 GPIA1998: 0.816 GPIA1999: 0.823 GPIA2000: 0.836 GPIA2001: 0.845 GPIA2002: 0.835 GPIA2003: 0.843 GPIA2004: 0.828 GPIA2005: 0.855 GPIA2006: 0.865 GPIA2007: 0.875 GPIA2008: 0.884 GPIA2009: 0.889 GPIA2010: 0.889 GPIA2011: 0.894 GPIA2012: 0.899 GPIA2013: 0.9 GPIA2014: 0.899 GPIA2015: 0.899 GPIA2016: 0.902 GPIA2017: 0.904 GPIA2018: 0.901 GPIA2019: 0.91 GPIA2020: 0.912 GPIA2021: 0.912 GPIA2022: 0.913 GPIA2023: 0.927 GPIA2024: 0.941 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan recorded 0.9412 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan peaked at 0.9412 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7993 GPIA, in 1996.

That places WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan 202nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, 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: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, 1996 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1996 0.7993 GPIA
1997 0.8118 GPIA +1.6%
1998 0.8155 GPIA +0.5%
1999 0.8228 GPIA +0.9%
2000 0.8357 GPIA +1.6%
2001 0.8448 GPIA +1.1%
2002 0.8348 GPIA -1.2%
2003 0.8427 GPIA +0.9%
2004 0.8284 GPIA -1.7%
2005 0.8553 GPIA +3.2%
2006 0.8653 GPIA +1.2%
2007 0.8755 GPIA +1.2%
2008 0.8839 GPIA +1.0%
2009 0.8895 GPIA +0.6%
2010 0.8894 GPIA -0.0%
2011 0.8938 GPIA +0.5%
2012 0.8988 GPIA +0.6%
2013 0.9001 GPIA +0.2%
2014 0.8991 GPIA -0.1%
2015 0.8994 GPIA +0.0%
2016 0.902 GPIA +0.3%
2017 0.904 GPIA +0.2%
2018 0.9009 GPIA -0.3%
2019 0.9095 GPIA +1.0%
2020 0.9117 GPIA +0.2%
2021 0.9118 GPIA +0.0%
2022 0.913 GPIA +0.1%
2023 0.9271 GPIA +1.6%
2024 0.9412 GPIA +1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8123 GPIA 0.7993 GPIA 0.8228 GPIA 4
2000s 0.8556 GPIA 0.8284 GPIA 0.8895 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8997 GPIA 0.8894 GPIA 0.9095 GPIA 10
2020s 0.921 GPIA 0.9117 GPIA 0.9412 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan

  1. 199 Central African Republic 0.7715 GPIA compare
  2. 200 Afghanistan 0.7641 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan was 0.9412 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: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.9412 GPIA in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7993 GPIA in 1996.
How does WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan ranks 202nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan 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