School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Eritrea
Eritrea: School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.8266 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Eritrea, 1995–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.8266 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2015. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Eritrea peaked at 0.8266 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.678 GPIA, in 2004.
That places Eritrea 168th out of 179 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.7489 GPIA | — |
| 1996 | 0.7667 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7477 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7436 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7411 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7061 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.678 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7481 GPIA | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7732 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8017 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8266 GPIA | +3.1% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.8266 GPIA is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.8674 GPIA, 95% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.8266 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9527 GPIA, 87% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7544 GPIA | 0.7477 GPIA | 0.7667 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7234 GPIA | 0.678 GPIA | 0.7481 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8005 GPIA | 0.7732 GPIA | 0.8266 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More education data for Eritrea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9,725 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 266,829 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1168 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Eritrea?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Eritrea was 0.8266 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8266 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.678 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Eritrea rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Eritrea ranks 168th out of 179 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release