School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9642 GPIA in 2012. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Solomon Islands, 1970–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 0.9642 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2012. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Solomon Islands peaked at 0.9642 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.5696 GPIA, in 1971.
Solomon Islands ranks 175th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6236 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5696 GPIA | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 0.6497 GPIA | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 0.8292 GPIA | +27.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8552 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8466 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8435 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8418 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8562 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8806 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8882 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8886 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8994 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9085 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9096 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9455 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 0.955 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9642 GPIA | +1.0% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 0.9642 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9941 GPIA, 97% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 0.9642 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.02 GPIA, 95% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Solomon Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +27.6% | 0.6497 GPIA | 0.8292 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6143 GPIA | 0.5696 GPIA | 0.6497 GPIA | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.8292 GPIA | 0.8292 GPIA | 0.8292 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.854 GPIA | 0.8418 GPIA | 0.8806 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8989 GPIA | 0.8882 GPIA | 0.9096 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9455 GPIA | 0.9642 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More education data for Solomon Islands
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2,202 (2015)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 13 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19,209 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 17,743 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 41,660 (2012)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 98,955 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1208 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Solomon Islands?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Solomon Islands was 0.9642 GPIA in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9642 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5696 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Solomon Islands ranks 175th out of 208 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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