School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.987 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.987 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
109th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.989 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8026 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries recorded 0.987 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% 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 UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 0.989 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8026 GPIA, in 1975.
That places UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 109th 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 and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8026 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8151 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.8177 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.821 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8196 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8195 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.8184 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8186 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8179 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8208 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8247 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8331 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.839 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8402 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8461 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8477 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8531 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8587 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8608 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8675 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.8732 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8775 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.8799 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8823 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8878 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8917 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8972 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9002 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9217 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9217 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9291 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.935 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9407 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9492 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.957 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9577 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9574 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.965 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9803 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9821 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9835 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.989 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.988 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9765 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9788 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9782 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9769 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9809 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9843 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.987 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8152 GPIA | 0.8026 GPIA | 0.821 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8278 GPIA | 0.8179 GPIA | 0.8461 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8689 GPIA | 0.8477 GPIA | 0.8878 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9244 GPIA | 0.8917 GPIA | 0.957 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9758 GPIA | 0.9574 GPIA | 0.989 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9815 GPIA | 0.9769 GPIA | 0.987 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 220.95 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 0.987 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.989 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8026 GPIA in 1975.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 109th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef 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