School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9926 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9926 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
135th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9926 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7209 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) is 0.9926 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 0.9926 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7209 GPIA, in 1971.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 135th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7255 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7209 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.722 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7233 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7274 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.7253 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.729 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7333 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.7372 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.7536 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.761 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7703 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7779 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7843 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7881 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7936 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7969 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.8017 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8063 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8163 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8279 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8331 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8449 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.847 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8443 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8552 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8375 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8549 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8628 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8707 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8787 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8888 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9098 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.909 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9155 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9237 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.922 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9404 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9401 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9422 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9416 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9418 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9453 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9514 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9652 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9679 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9715 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9767 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9749 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9751 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.986 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9874 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9926 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7297 GPIA | 0.7209 GPIA | 0.7536 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7896 GPIA | 0.761 GPIA | 0.8163 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8478 GPIA | 0.8279 GPIA | 0.8707 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9128 GPIA | 0.8787 GPIA | 0.9404 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.956 GPIA | 0.9416 GPIA | 0.9767 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9832 GPIA | 0.9749 GPIA | 0.9926 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 132 Ghana 1.01 GPIA compare
- 133 Peru 1 GPIA compare
- 134 Hong Kong, China 1 GPIA compare
- 135 Türkiye 1 GPIA compare
- 136 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
- 137 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9992 GPIA compare
- 138 Egypt 0.9958 GPIA compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 25.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.9926 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9926 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7209 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 135th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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