School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1.03 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) recorded 1.03 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8067 GPIA, in 1976.
That places ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 76th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.863 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.8626 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.8648 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8717 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.8686 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.8852 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.8067 GPIA | -8.9% |
| 1977 | 0.8406 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 0.895 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 0.8847 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8991 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9285 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 0.9247 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8721 GPIA | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 0.8874 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.9093 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.9118 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9209 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.9285 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.948 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.9521 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9691 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.9366 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.9622 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9665 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 1.01 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9647 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 0.9674 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9688 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9725 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9685 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9684 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9674 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9657 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9674 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9628 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.969 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9762 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9798 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9836 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9864 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9872 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.993 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.998 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8643 GPIA | 0.8067 GPIA | 0.895 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.913 GPIA | 0.8721 GPIA | 0.948 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9666 GPIA | 0.9366 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.97 GPIA | 0.9628 GPIA | 0.9798 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 0.9836 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
More education data for ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.81 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 917,273 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 6.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 154,475 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.48 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 7.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 7.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 888,344 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) was 1.03 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8067 GPIA in 1976.
- How does ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 76th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 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