School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9642 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) is 0.9642 GPIA, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) peaked at 0.9642 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8293 GPIA, in 1976.
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ranks 151st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8477 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.8416 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.8396 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.8345 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.8335 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.8316 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.8293 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.8333 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.8368 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.8532 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.8626 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8718 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8774 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.8796 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8774 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.8697 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.8717 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.8734 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.8774 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.8718 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8732 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8715 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8747 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8733 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8711 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8715 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8714 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8692 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8654 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8621 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8648 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.872 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8809 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8894 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8865 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8948 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9038 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9134 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9264 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9294 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9347 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9335 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9354 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9433 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9586 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9618 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9616 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9642 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8381 GPIA | 0.8293 GPIA | 0.8532 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8733 GPIA | 0.8626 GPIA | 0.8796 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8703 GPIA | 0.8621 GPIA | 0.8747 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8961 GPIA | 0.8648 GPIA | 0.9294 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9452 GPIA | 0.9324 GPIA | 0.9618 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9642 GPIA | 0.9642 GPIA | 0.9642 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
More education data for ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.00 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 7.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.27 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 11.66 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 10.71 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.24 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) was 0.9642 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9642 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8293 GPIA in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ranks 151st out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 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