School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Syria
Syria: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 1.05 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.05 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
28th
of 208 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5081 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
48
1971–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Syria, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Syria recorded 1.05 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Syria peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5081 GPIA, in 1971.
Syria ranks 28th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Syria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5081 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.5436 GPIA | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5582 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.5759 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.5901 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6056 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6262 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.641 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.6593 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.6956 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7127 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7376 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7503 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7704 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7895 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8071 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.8202 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8303 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8376 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.848 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8508 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8643 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8797 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8832 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.891 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.9026 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9119 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9198 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9208 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9251 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9247 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9272 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9379 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9552 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9659 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.972 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9778 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9775 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9778 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9795 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9813 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.03 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5898 GPIA | 0.5081 GPIA | 0.6593 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7751 GPIA | 0.6956 GPIA | 0.8376 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8872 GPIA | 0.848 GPIA | 0.9208 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9474 GPIA | 0.9247 GPIA | 0.9778 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.979 GPIA | 0.9775 GPIA | 0.9813 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More education data for Syria
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 148,529 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,728 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 130,893 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -9.76 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 697,415 (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 715,268 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 361,423 (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Syria?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Syria was 1.05 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5081 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Syria rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Syria ranks 28th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria 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