School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9493 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.9493 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
184th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9493 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.579 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
53
1970–2022
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries stood at 0.9493 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.9493 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.579 GPIA, in 1971.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5796 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.579 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5937 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5957 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.5962 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6037 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.6109 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6243 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6334 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6352 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6471 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6609 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6817 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6711 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.6933 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 0.6886 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7006 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7068 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7203 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7279 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7362 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7469 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7534 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7588 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7621 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7672 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7716 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.781 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.788 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8054 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8226 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8319 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8328 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8395 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8321 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.854 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8635 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8736 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8811 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8865 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8972 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8978 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9047 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9112 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9148 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9264 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9264 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.93 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9294 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.934 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9398 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9446 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9493 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6052 GPIA | 0.579 GPIA | 0.6352 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6898 GPIA | 0.6471 GPIA | 0.7279 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7671 GPIA | 0.7362 GPIA | 0.8054 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8518 GPIA | 0.8226 GPIA | 0.8865 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9172 GPIA | 0.8972 GPIA | 0.934 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9446 GPIA | 0.9398 GPIA | 0.9493 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 0.9493 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9493 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.579 GPIA in 1971.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 184th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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