School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
119th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7686 GPIA
in 1983
Years of data
44
1981–2024

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1981–2024

00.250.50.7511981200220241981: 0.773 GPIA1982: 0.774 GPIA1983: 0.769 GPIA1984: 0.771 GPIA1985: 0.777 GPIA1986: 0.783 GPIA1987: 0.784 GPIA1988: 0.786 GPIA1989: 0.792 GPIA1990: 0.793 GPIA1991: 0.799 GPIA1992: 0.803 GPIA1993: 0.806 GPIA1994: 0.811 GPIA1995: 0.817 GPIA1996: 0.82 GPIA1997: 0.827 GPIA1998: 0.831 GPIA1999: 0.836 GPIA2000: 0.84 GPIA2001: 0.848 GPIA2002: 0.858 GPIA2003: 0.898 GPIA2004: 0.899 GPIA2005: 0.907 GPIA2006: 0.914 GPIA2007: 0.922 GPIA2008: 0.935 GPIA2009: 0.945 GPIA2010: 0.947 GPIA2011: 0.944 GPIA2012: 0.956 GPIA2013: 0.984 GPIA2014: 0.989 GPIA2015: 0.99 GPIA2016: 1 GPIA2017: 1 GPIA2018: 0.983 GPIA2019: 0.99 GPIA2020: 0.984 GPIA2021: 0.984 GPIA2022: 0.99 GPIA2023: 0.996 GPIA2024: 1 GPIA

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: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7686 GPIA, in 1983.

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 119th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1981 to 2024.
Year GPIA Change
1981 0.7733 GPIA
1982 0.7744 GPIA +0.1%
1983 0.7686 GPIA -0.7%
1984 0.7715 GPIA +0.4%
1985 0.7773 GPIA +0.7%
1986 0.7832 GPIA +0.8%
1987 0.7838 GPIA +0.1%
1988 0.786 GPIA +0.3%
1989 0.7922 GPIA +0.8%
1990 0.7932 GPIA +0.1%
1991 0.7988 GPIA +0.7%
1992 0.8034 GPIA +0.6%
1993 0.8064 GPIA +0.4%
1994 0.8115 GPIA +0.6%
1995 0.8167 GPIA +0.6%
1996 0.8195 GPIA +0.4%
1997 0.8267 GPIA +0.9%
1998 0.8309 GPIA +0.5%
1999 0.8361 GPIA +0.6%
2000 0.8403 GPIA +0.5%
2001 0.848 GPIA +0.9%
2002 0.8578 GPIA +1.2%
2003 0.8978 GPIA +4.7%
2004 0.8991 GPIA +0.1%
2005 0.9073 GPIA +0.9%
2006 0.9139 GPIA +0.7%
2007 0.9221 GPIA +0.9%
2008 0.9349 GPIA +1.4%
2009 0.9446 GPIA +1.0%
2010 0.9467 GPIA +0.2%
2011 0.9444 GPIA -0.2%
2012 0.9563 GPIA +1.3%
2013 0.9842 GPIA +2.9%
2014 0.9886 GPIA +0.4%
2015 0.9901 GPIA +0.2%
2016 1 GPIA +1.1%
2017 1 GPIA -0.0%
2018 0.9825 GPIA -1.8%
2019 0.9898 GPIA +0.7%
2020 0.9842 GPIA -0.6%
2021 0.9843 GPIA +0.0%
2022 0.9896 GPIA +0.5%
2023 0.9961 GPIA +0.7%
2024 1 GPIA +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7789 GPIA 0.7686 GPIA 0.7922 GPIA 9
1990s 0.8143 GPIA 0.7932 GPIA 0.8361 GPIA 10
2000s 0.8966 GPIA 0.8403 GPIA 0.9446 GPIA 10
2010s 0.9784 GPIA 0.9444 GPIA 1 GPIA 10
2020s 0.9914 GPIA 0.9842 GPIA 1 GPIA 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

  1. 116 Anguilla 1.02 GPIA compare
  2. 117 Cambodia 1.02 GPIA compare
  3. 118 Madagascar 1.02 GPIA compare
  4. 119 Luxembourg 1.02 GPIA compare
  5. 120 Malawi 1.02 GPIA compare
  6. 121 Switzerland 1.02 GPIA compare
  7. 122 Greece 1.02 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 400 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7686 GPIA in 1983.
How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 119th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,738 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release