School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9868 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions, 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 MDG: Developing Regions is 0.9868 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 0.9888 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7957 GPIA, in 1975.
That places MDG: Developing Regions 110th 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 | 0.8088 GPIA | 0.7957 GPIA | 0.8149 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.822 GPIA | 0.8115 GPIA | 0.8411 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8648 GPIA | 0.8428 GPIA | 0.8844 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9225 GPIA | 0.8885 GPIA | 0.9562 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9754 GPIA | 0.9565 GPIA | 0.9888 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9812 GPIA | 0.9766 GPIA | 0.9868 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developing Regions
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 365.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 368.76 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions was 0.9868 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9888 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7957 GPIA in 1975.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 110th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release