School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: World
MDG: World: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9887 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9887 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
101st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9901 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8316 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: World, 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: World is 0.9887 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% 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: World peaked at 0.9901 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8316 GPIA, in 1975.
That places MDG: World 101st 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.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: World, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8316 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8418 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.8438 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.8464 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8453 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.8458 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8451 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8453 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8447 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8469 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.8495 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.8564 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8611 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8614 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.867 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8682 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8726 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.8771 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8788 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8847 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8896 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8931 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8956 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8979 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9026 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9059 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9111 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9131 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9319 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9318 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9379 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9428 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9478 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9551 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9623 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9626 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.962 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9685 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9824 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9842 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9854 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9901 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9889 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9788 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9808 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.98 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9792 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9833 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9863 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9887 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8418 GPIA | 0.8316 GPIA | 0.8464 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8523 GPIA | 0.8447 GPIA | 0.867 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.886 GPIA | 0.8682 GPIA | 0.9026 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.934 GPIA | 0.9059 GPIA | 0.9623 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9784 GPIA | 0.962 GPIA | 0.9901 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9835 GPIA | 0.9792 GPIA | 0.9887 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: World
More education data for MDG: World
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 314.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 337.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 206.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 34.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 404.43 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 213.09 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 199.67 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: World?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: World was 0.9887 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: World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9901 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8316 GPIA in 1975.
- How does MDG: World rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- MDG: World ranks 101st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in MDG: World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: World 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