School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
125th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8034 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% 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 MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8034 GPIA, in 1975.
MDG: Developing Regions ranks 125th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in MDG: Developing Regions, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8034 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8149 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.8173 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8181 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8174 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8164 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8167 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.816 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8185 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.8222 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8298 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8356 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.837 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8432 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8449 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8508 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8565 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8589 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.865 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8706 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8746 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.8778 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8813 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8879 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8919 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8973 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9008 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9213 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9227 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9305 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9361 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9414 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9498 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9576 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9572 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9675 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9837 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9875 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9896 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9967 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9964 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9882 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9933 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.991 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9923 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9962 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8147 GPIA | 0.8034 GPIA | 0.82 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8253 GPIA | 0.816 GPIA | 0.8432 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8668 GPIA | 0.8449 GPIA | 0.8879 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9249 GPIA | 0.8919 GPIA | 0.9568 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9818 GPIA | 0.9572 GPIA | 0.9967 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9961 GPIA | 0.991 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developing Regions
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 552.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8747 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 266.40 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6758 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 339.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 286.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions 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 MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8034 GPIA in 1975.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 125th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions 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