School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.8979 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
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 … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
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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February 2026 Data Release