School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
120th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8126 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 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 UNICEF: All Unicef Countries is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8126 GPIA, in 1975.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 120th 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8126 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8236 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.8258 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8283 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8264 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8259 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.825 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8253 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8246 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.827 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.8302 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8375 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.843 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8441 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8503 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8519 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8574 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8628 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.865 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8709 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8762 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.88 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8833 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8867 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.893 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8968 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9021 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9056 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9253 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9267 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9339 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9395 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9447 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.953 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9607 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9602 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9698 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9856 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9891 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9912 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.998 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9976 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9897 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9947 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9922 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9935 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9971 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8233 GPIA | 0.8126 GPIA | 0.8283 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8333 GPIA | 0.8246 GPIA | 0.8503 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8727 GPIA | 0.8519 GPIA | 0.893 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9287 GPIA | 0.8968 GPIA | 0.9599 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9837 GPIA | 0.9602 GPIA | 0.998 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9971 GPIA | 0.9922 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- 117 Cambodia 1.02 GPIA compare
- 118 Madagascar 1.02 GPIA compare
- 119 Luxembourg 1.02 GPIA compare
- 120 Malawi 1.02 GPIA compare
- 121 Switzerland 1.02 GPIA compare
- 122 Greece 1.02 GPIA compare
- 123 Georgia 1.02 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6486 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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 UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8126 GPIA in 1975.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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