School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9168 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification recorded 0.9168 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 0.9168 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.575 GPIA, in 1971.
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 193rd 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: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5758 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.575 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5891 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.5911 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.5907 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5988 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6065 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.6198 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6289 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6295 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6412 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6548 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6755 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6633 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.6837 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.6792 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.6905 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.6975 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7106 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.718 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7251 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7356 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7425 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7484 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7526 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7581 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7629 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7727 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.7798 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.7974 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8141 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8227 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8235 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8299 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8223 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8431 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8517 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8601 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8675 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8709 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8817 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8814 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8885 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.895 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8977 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9087 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9098 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9138 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9121 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9168 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6005 GPIA | 0.575 GPIA | 0.6295 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6814 GPIA | 0.6412 GPIA | 0.718 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7575 GPIA | 0.7251 GPIA | 0.7974 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8406 GPIA | 0.8141 GPIA | 0.8709 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9005 GPIA | 0.8814 GPIA | 0.9168 GPIA | 10 |
More education data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8795 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.49 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.32 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4194 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9747 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
All data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification was 0.9168 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: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9168 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.575 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 193rd out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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