School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)
WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.931 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.931 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
173rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.931 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.6636 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) is 0.931 GPIA, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) peaked at 0.931 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6636 GPIA, in 1971.
WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) ranks 173rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6637 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6636 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6697 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.672 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6735 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6765 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6796 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6896 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6981 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.702 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7085 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7169 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7269 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7105 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7154 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7241 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7394 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7446 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7454 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7555 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7543 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.7633 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.7699 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7726 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.7778 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.7841 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7903 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.7967 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.7999 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.811 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8215 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8293 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8255 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8362 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8308 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8476 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.857 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8665 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.874 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8805 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8882 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.892 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.901 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9029 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9062 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9106 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9101 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9145 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9159 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9232 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9281 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.931 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6788 GPIA | 0.6636 GPIA | 0.702 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7287 GPIA | 0.7085 GPIA | 0.7555 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.782 GPIA | 0.7543 GPIA | 0.811 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8469 GPIA | 0.8215 GPIA | 0.8805 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9065 GPIA | 0.8882 GPIA | 0.9232 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9295 GPIA | 0.9281 GPIA | 0.931 GPIA | 2 |
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More education data for WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 66.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 72.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 49.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 25.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) was 0.931 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.931 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6636 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) ranks 173rd out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 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