School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9797 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9797 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
138th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9797 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7629 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia recorded 0.9797 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 0.9797 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7629 GPIA, in 1971.
SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 138th 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 SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7645 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7629 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.7632 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7638 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.7661 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7643 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.767 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7728 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.7759 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7873 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.793 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.8004 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.8061 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.8107 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.8137 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8174 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.822 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.826 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.827 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8339 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8414 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.8444 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.853 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8559 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8551 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8649 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8528 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8681 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8752 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.882 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8881 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8946 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.901 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9061 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9137 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9238 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9283 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9319 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9421 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9459 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9473 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9468 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9509 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9554 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9608 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9637 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9634 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9683 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9703 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9724 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9724 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9754 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.978 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9797 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7688 GPIA | 0.7629 GPIA | 0.7873 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.815 GPIA | 0.793 GPIA | 0.8339 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8593 GPIA | 0.8414 GPIA | 0.882 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9176 GPIA | 0.8881 GPIA | 0.9459 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9587 GPIA | 0.9468 GPIA | 0.9703 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9756 GPIA | 0.9724 GPIA | 0.9797 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 61.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5703 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7875 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia was 0.9797 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9797 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7629 GPIA in 1971.
- How does SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 138th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 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