School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend
WB: Pre-demographic Dividend: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9398 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend, 1970–2024
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: Pre-demographic Dividend is 0.9398 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend peaked at 0.9398 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5739 GPIA, in 1970.
That places WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5739 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5811 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.5933 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6066 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6226 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6293 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.6366 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.66 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 0.6796 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6927 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.7035 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7142 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7323 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7177 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.71 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7271 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7518 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7683 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.754 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7716 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.7625 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.7702 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.7714 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.77 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.7726 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7766 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7807 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.783 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.7829 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7908 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7979 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8064 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.796 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8091 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8005 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.818 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8251 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8327 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8429 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8527 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8605 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8588 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8755 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8862 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8883 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8983 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8952 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9016 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9068 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9145 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9224 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9278 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9329 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9374 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9398 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6276 GPIA | 0.5739 GPIA | 0.6927 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.735 GPIA | 0.7035 GPIA | 0.7716 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7761 GPIA | 0.7625 GPIA | 0.7908 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8181 GPIA | 0.796 GPIA | 0.8527 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8886 GPIA | 0.8588 GPIA | 0.9145 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.932 GPIA | 0.9224 GPIA | 0.9398 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Pre-demographic Dividend
- 195 Cameroon 0.9062 GPIA compare
- 196 Liechtenstein 0.9061 GPIA compare
- 197 Benin 0.8996 GPIA compare
- 198 Djibouti 0.8888 GPIA compare
- 199 Tajikistan 0.8783 GPIA compare
- 200 Eritrea 0.8438 GPIA compare
- 201 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8313 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Pre-demographic Dividend
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9258 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 32.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 37.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 8.50 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.62 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.66 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend was 0.9398 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9398 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5739 GPIA in 1970.
- How does WB: Pre-demographic Dividend rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend ranks 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Pre-demographic Dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 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