School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) is 0.9998 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 0.9998 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8057 GPIA, in 1975.
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 126th 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8057 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8172 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.8195 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8221 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8201 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8194 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8183 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8185 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8177 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8203 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.8239 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8315 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8371 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8385 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8448 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8464 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8522 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8579 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8601 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8662 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8717 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8756 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8788 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8823 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8888 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8928 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8981 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9018 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9222 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9236 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9308 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9364 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9415 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9497 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9567 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9575 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.957 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.967 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9833 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9869 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9891 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.996 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9956 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9875 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9927 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9902 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9916 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9949 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9987 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9998 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8169 GPIA | 0.8057 GPIA | 0.8221 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.827 GPIA | 0.8177 GPIA | 0.8448 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.868 GPIA | 0.8464 GPIA | 0.8888 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9254 GPIA | 0.8928 GPIA | 0.9567 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9813 GPIA | 0.957 GPIA | 0.996 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.995 GPIA | 0.9902 GPIA | 0.9998 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8057 GPIA in 1975.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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