School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries

ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.8979 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.8979 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
214th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8979 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.6369 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
23
1998–2020

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020

00.20.40.60.81998200920201998: 0.637 GPIA1999: 0.637 GPIA2000: 0.653 GPIA2001: 0.671 GPIA2002: 0.701 GPIA2003: 0.709 GPIA2004: 0.726 GPIA2005: 0.749 GPIA2006: 0.763 GPIA2007: 0.762 GPIA2008: 0.786 GPIA2009: 0.797 GPIA2010: 0.807 GPIA2011: 0.809 GPIA2012: 0.815 GPIA2013: 0.834 GPIA2014: 0.844 GPIA2015: 0.859 GPIA2016: 0.871 GPIA2017: 0.883 GPIA2018: 0.883 GPIA2019: 0.898 GPIA2020: 0.898 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries is 0.8979 GPIA, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.8979 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6369 GPIA, in 1999.

That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 214th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998 to 2020.
Year GPIA Change
1998 0.6371 GPIA
1999 0.6369 GPIA -0.0%
2000 0.6531 GPIA +2.5%
2001 0.6705 GPIA +2.7%
2002 0.7012 GPIA +4.6%
2003 0.709 GPIA +1.1%
2004 0.7263 GPIA +2.4%
2005 0.7487 GPIA +3.1%
2006 0.7627 GPIA +1.9%
2007 0.762 GPIA -0.1%
2008 0.7857 GPIA +3.1%
2009 0.797 GPIA +1.4%
2010 0.8066 GPIA +1.2%
2011 0.8087 GPIA +0.3%
2012 0.8152 GPIA +0.8%
2013 0.8343 GPIA +2.3%
2014 0.8437 GPIA +1.1%
2015 0.8594 GPIA +1.9%
2016 0.871 GPIA +1.4%
2017 0.883 GPIA +1.4%
2018 0.8832 GPIA +0.0%
2019 0.8977 GPIA +1.6%
2020 0.8979 GPIA +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.637 GPIA 0.6369 GPIA 0.6371 GPIA 2
2000s 0.7316 GPIA 0.6531 GPIA 0.797 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8503 GPIA 0.8066 GPIA 0.8977 GPIA 10
2020s 0.8979 GPIA 0.8979 GPIA 0.8979 GPIA 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 0.8979 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
The highest recorded value was 0.8979 GPIA in 2020.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6369 GPIA in 1999.
How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 214th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and 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
429 places, 15,510 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release