School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in SDG: World
SDG: World: School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender 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 SDG: 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 SDG: 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 SDG: World peaked at 0.9901 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8316 GPIA, in 1975.
That places SDG: 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 … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in SDG: 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 | 0.906 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 | 0.906 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 SDG: World
More education data for SDG: World
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 651.68 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 25.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 314.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 106.27 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 100.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5777 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 404.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: World?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: 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 SDG: 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 SDG: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8316 GPIA in 1975.
- How does SDG: World rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: 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 SDG: World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release