School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9756 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9756 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
148th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9756 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7092 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 0.9756 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 0.9756 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7092 GPIA, in 1971.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 148th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7116 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7092 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7116 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7142 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7193 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.7184 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7233 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.7312 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7366 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.7535 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.762 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.773 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7812 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7881 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.7927 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7976 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.8034 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8091 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8101 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8192 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8296 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8326 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.8441 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8465 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8437 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8555 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8355 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8546 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8633 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8715 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8792 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8884 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8983 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9051 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9076 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9135 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9182 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9217 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9326 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9345 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9345 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9336 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9358 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9386 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.944 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9464 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.951 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9542 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9583 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9637 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9643 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9651 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9709 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9732 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9756 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7229 GPIA | 0.7092 GPIA | 0.7535 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7936 GPIA | 0.762 GPIA | 0.8192 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8477 GPIA | 0.8296 GPIA | 0.8715 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9099 GPIA | 0.8792 GPIA | 0.9345 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.946 GPIA | 0.9336 GPIA | 0.9637 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9698 GPIA | 0.9643 GPIA | 0.9756 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 145 San Marino 0.9878 GPIA compare
- 146 Russian Federation 0.9877 GPIA compare
- 147 Philippines 0.9872 GPIA compare
- 148 Bulgaria 0.9872 GPIA compare
- 149 Nicaragua 0.9869 GPIA compare
- 150 Kazakhstan 0.986 GPIA compare
- 151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9846 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 25.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.9756 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9756 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7092 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 148th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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