School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9961 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) is 0.9961 GPIA, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7974 GPIA, in 1975.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 80th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8125 GPIA | 0.7974 GPIA | 0.8195 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8223 GPIA | 0.8121 GPIA | 0.8395 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.868 GPIA | 0.8415 GPIA | 0.8929 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.94 GPIA | 0.8981 GPIA | 0.9793 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9965 GPIA | 0.9787 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9901 GPIA | 0.9839 GPIA | 0.9961 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 216.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 242.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 0.9961 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7974 GPIA in 1975.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 80th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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