School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9548 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Vanuatu, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 0.9548 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Vanuatu peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.8509 GPIA, in 1970.
Vanuatu ranks 180th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8509 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.917 GPIA | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 0.9305 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.9264 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.9117 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.9239 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.9076 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8968 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.8928 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 1.04 GPIA | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9492 GPIA | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9371 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 1 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9522 GPIA | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9637 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9348 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9326 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9831 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9859 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9638 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9566 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9561 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9842 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9735 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9548 GPIA | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9064 GPIA | 0.8509 GPIA | 0.9305 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.9432 GPIA | 0.9371 GPIA | 0.9492 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9646 GPIA | 0.9326 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9588 GPIA | 0.9561 GPIA | 0.9638 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9784 GPIA | 0.9548 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Vanuatu
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,892 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 112.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 112.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Vanuatu?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Vanuatu was 0.9548 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 1980.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8509 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Vanuatu rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Vanuatu ranks 180th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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