School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9497 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) recorded 0.9497 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) peaked at 0.9497 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6689 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) ranks 162nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6977 GPIA | 0.6689 GPIA | 0.7277 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7594 GPIA | 0.7353 GPIA | 0.7976 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8201 GPIA | 0.8003 GPIA | 0.8356 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8588 GPIA | 0.8377 GPIA | 0.8891 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9181 GPIA | 0.8923 GPIA | 0.9408 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9472 GPIA | 0.9448 GPIA | 0.9497 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
More education data for ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 46.96 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) was 0.9497 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9497 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6689 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) ranks 162nd out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release