What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?

The highest recorded value was 0.9308 GPIA in 2023.

What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.6582 GPIA in 1971.

How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?

WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.

Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)

Name: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
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WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9308 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.9308 GPIA

Change on year

up 0.4%

Rank

203rd

of 221 groups

All-time high

0.9308 GPIA

in 2023

All-time low

0.6582 GPIA

in 1971

Years of data

1970–2023

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2023

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) is 0.9308 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 0.9308 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6582 GPIA, in 1971.

WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 203rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970 to 2023.
Year	GPIA	Change
1970	0.6603 GPIA	—
1971	0.6582 GPIA	-0.3%
1972	0.6644 GPIA	+0.9%
1973	0.6701 GPIA	+0.9%
1974	0.6767 GPIA	+1.0%
1975	0.6748 GPIA	-0.3%
1976	0.6785 GPIA	+0.5%
1977	0.6852 GPIA	+1.0%
1978	0.6957 GPIA	+1.5%
1979	0.6961 GPIA	+0.1%
1980	0.7062 GPIA	+1.4%
1981	0.7115 GPIA	+0.8%
1982	0.7352 GPIA	+3.3%
1983	0.7394 GPIA	+0.6%
1984	0.746 GPIA	+0.9%
1985	0.7422 GPIA	-0.5%
1986	0.7496 GPIA	+1.0%
1987	0.7624 GPIA	+1.7%
1988	0.7556 GPIA	-0.9%
1989	0.7606 GPIA	+0.7%
1990	0.7653 GPIA	+0.6%
1991	0.7709 GPIA	+0.7%
1992	0.7743 GPIA	+0.4%
1993	0.7736 GPIA	-0.1%
1994	0.7677 GPIA	-0.8%
1995	0.7654 GPIA	-0.3%
1996	0.7607 GPIA	-0.6%
1997	0.7658 GPIA	+0.7%
1998	0.7645 GPIA	-0.2%
1999	0.7799 GPIA	+2.0%
2000	0.7944 GPIA	+1.9%
2001	0.8013 GPIA	+0.9%
2002	0.7945 GPIA	-0.8%
2003	0.8035 GPIA	+1.1%
2004	0.799 GPIA	-0.6%
2005	0.8207 GPIA	+2.7%
2006	0.8316 GPIA	+1.3%
2007	0.8384 GPIA	+0.8%
2008	0.8487 GPIA	+1.2%
2009	0.8602 GPIA	+1.4%
2010	0.8702 GPIA	+1.2%
2011	0.8788 GPIA	+1.0%
2012	0.8866 GPIA	+0.9%
2013	0.8962 GPIA	+1.1%
2014	0.8969 GPIA	+0.1%
2015	0.9064 GPIA	+1.1%
2016	0.908 GPIA	+0.2%
2017	0.9095 GPIA	+0.2%
2018	0.9093 GPIA	-0.0%
2019	0.9133 GPIA	+0.4%
2020	0.9171 GPIA	+0.4%
2021	0.9222 GPIA	+0.5%
2022	0.9274 GPIA	+0.6%
2023	0.9308 GPIA	+0.4%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.676 GPIA	0.6582 GPIA	0.6961 GPIA	10
1980s	0.7409 GPIA	0.7062 GPIA	0.7624 GPIA	10
1990s	0.7688 GPIA	0.7607 GPIA	0.7799 GPIA	10
2000s	0.8192 GPIA	0.7944 GPIA	0.8602 GPIA	10
2010s	0.8975 GPIA	0.8702 GPIA	0.9133 GPIA	10
2020s	0.9244 GPIA	0.9171 GPIA	0.9308 GPIA	4

Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)

200 Eritrea 0.8438 GPIA compare
201 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8313 GPIA compare
202 Chad 0.8221 GPIA compare
203 Yemen 0.8209 GPIA compare
204 Somalia 0.7994 GPIA compare
205 Guinea 0.7842 GPIA compare
206 Central African Republic 0.7668 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 429 places →

More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.34 million (2021)

All data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) →

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 0.9308 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?: The highest recorded value was 0.9308 GPIA in 2023.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.6582 GPIA in 1971.
How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?: WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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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Indicator: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit: GPIA
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage: 429 places, 15,510 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 16 August 2026

February 2026 Data Release