School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Madagascar
Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 1.02 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Madagascar, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 1.02 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Madagascar peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8348 GPIA, in 1971.
Madagascar ranks 118th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8348 GPIA | — |
| 1989 | 0.949 GPIA | +13.7% |
| 1990 | 0.9582 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9629 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9674 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9727 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9738 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.977 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9845 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9843 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9949 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9985 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.8% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1.02 GPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8674 GPIA, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1.02 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9527 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8348 GPIA | 0.8348 GPIA | 0.8348 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.949 GPIA | 0.949 GPIA | 0.949 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9582 GPIA | 0.9582 GPIA | 0.9582 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9707 GPIA | 0.9629 GPIA | 0.977 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 0.9843 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 8 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More education data for Madagascar
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 78,148 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 507,363 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 544,966 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.62 million (2021)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1656 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Madagascar?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Madagascar was 1.02 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8348 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Madagascar rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Madagascar ranks 118th out of 179 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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