School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8836 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries is 0.8836 GPIA, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.8836 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.5463 GPIA, in 1999.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 208th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.5477 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.5463 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5589 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5718 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6216 GPIA | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6175 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.6502 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6648 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6868 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.6907 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7069 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7183 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.7348 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7527 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7722 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8068 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8001 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8395 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 0.841 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.856 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8617 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8824 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8836 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.547 GPIA | 0.5463 GPIA | 0.5477 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6487 GPIA | 0.5589 GPIA | 0.7183 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8147 GPIA | 0.7348 GPIA | 0.8824 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8836 GPIA | 0.8836 GPIA | 0.8836 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- 205 Equatorial Guinea 0.7763 GPIA compare
- 206 Yemen 0.7294 GPIA compare
- 207 Chad 0.7051 GPIA compare
- 208 Somalia 0.7034 GPIA compare
- 209 Central African Republic 0.67 GPIA compare
- 210 Guinea 0.6546 GPIA compare
- 211 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6334 GPIA compare
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 98.9% (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 98.4% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.42 million (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.1% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.25 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 376,949 (2020)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 3.74 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 7.60 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 3.85 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 0.8836 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8836 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5463 GPIA in 1999.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 208th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release