School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9026 GPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) is 0.9026 GPIA, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 0.9026 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6371 GPIA, in 1971.
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 200th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6377 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6371 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6457 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6525 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6638 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.6623 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6679 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6779 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6903 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6921 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7035 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7102 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7145 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.7173 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7238 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7168 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7226 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7376 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7294 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7347 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.741 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.7475 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7511 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7563 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7536 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7487 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7469 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.7543 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.756 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7737 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7829 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7852 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7912 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7953 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8061 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8164 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8278 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8335 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8445 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8532 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8606 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8548 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8666 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8813 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8837 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.897 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8989 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9023 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9026 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6627 GPIA | 0.6371 GPIA | 0.6921 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.721 GPIA | 0.7035 GPIA | 0.7376 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7529 GPIA | 0.741 GPIA | 0.7737 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8136 GPIA | 0.7829 GPIA | 0.8532 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8831 GPIA | 0.8548 GPIA | 0.9026 GPIA | 9 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.1% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.57 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.21 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 64.75 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 48.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 24.29 million (2024)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 0.9026 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9026 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6371 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 200th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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