School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.8998 GPIA in 2012. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ethiopia, 1971–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2012, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ethiopia stood at 0.8998 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ethiopia peaked at 0.8998 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.4204 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Ethiopia 159th out of 179 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4204 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.4278 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4387 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.5845 GPIA | +33.2% |
| 1991 | 0.689 GPIA | +17.9% |
| 1994 | 0.6776 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6391 GPIA | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 0.6073 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6137 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6524 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6744 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.6854 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6828 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7149 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.7608 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8422 GPIA | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 0.871 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.873 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8879 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8998 GPIA | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.429 GPIA | 0.4204 GPIA | 0.4387 GPIA | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.5845 GPIA | 0.5845 GPIA | 0.5845 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6453 GPIA | 0.6073 GPIA | 0.689 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7355 GPIA | 0.6524 GPIA | 0.871 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8869 GPIA | 0.873 GPIA | 0.8998 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0498 % change on previous year (2012)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 338,716 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ethiopia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ethiopia was 0.8998 GPIA in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8998 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4204 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Ethiopia ranks 159th out of 179 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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