School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9018 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
0.9018 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
202nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9018 GPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.6595 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
50
1970–2019
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) recorded 0.9018 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 0.9018 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6595 GPIA, in 1971.
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 202nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6615 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6595 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6649 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6702 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.6776 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6744 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6785 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6843 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6945 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6949 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7044 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.7101 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7325 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7358 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.7422 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7387 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7456 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.758 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7521 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7568 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7615 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7662 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.7699 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.7688 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7637 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.7613 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7569 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7617 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7608 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7763 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.79 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7962 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7901 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7987 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7942 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8145 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8246 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8304 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8398 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8501 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8587 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8668 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8746 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8828 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8823 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8922 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8951 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8966 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8961 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9018 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.676 GPIA | 0.6595 GPIA | 0.6949 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7376 GPIA | 0.7044 GPIA | 0.758 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7647 GPIA | 0.7569 GPIA | 0.7763 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8128 GPIA | 0.79 GPIA | 0.8501 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8847 GPIA | 0.8587 GPIA | 0.9018 GPIA | 10 |
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 0.9018 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9018 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6595 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 202nd out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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