School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Developing Regions, 1975β2024
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.
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
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 368.76 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 190.49 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release