School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 1.04 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
1.04 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
1st
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.04 GPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.9102 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
41
1981–2021
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), 1981–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) recorded 1.04 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2021.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.9102 GPIA, in 1981.
That places ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1st out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.9102 GPIA | — |
| 1982 | 0.912 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.9107 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.917 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.9405 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9166 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.922 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.9284 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.9311 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9123 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.922 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9465 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.9513 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9368 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9462 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9459 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9466 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9555 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9591 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9598 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9634 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9626 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9619 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9649 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9863 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9919 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9909 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9969 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9912 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9899 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9209 GPIA | 0.9102 GPIA | 0.9405 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9404 GPIA | 0.9123 GPIA | 0.9555 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9738 GPIA | 0.9591 GPIA | 0.9969 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9899 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
More education data for ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,250 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1886 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 64,146 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.8247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 9,083 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.6508 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 27,509 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 72,041 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 36,638 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) was 1.04 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9102 GPIA in 1981.
- How does ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 1st out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 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