School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)

ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.8747 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.8747 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
211th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8747 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.4991 GPIA
in 1979
Years of data
53
1970–2022

School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970–2022

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) is 0.8747 GPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 0.8747 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4991 GPIA, in 1979.

That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.

School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970 to 2022.
Year GPIA Change
1970 0.5165 GPIA —
1971 0.5135 GPIA -0.6%
1972 0.513 GPIA -0.1%
1973 0.5167 GPIA +0.7%
1974 0.5245 GPIA +1.5%
1975 0.515 GPIA -1.8%
1976 0.5111 GPIA -0.7%
1977 0.5053 GPIA -1.1%
1978 0.5012 GPIA -0.8%
1979 0.4991 GPIA -0.4%
1980 0.5078 GPIA +1.7%
1981 0.5176 GPIA +1.9%
1982 0.5281 GPIA +2.0%
1983 0.5389 GPIA +2.0%
1984 0.5507 GPIA +2.2%
1985 0.5581 GPIA +1.3%
1986 0.5674 GPIA +1.7%
1987 0.5786 GPIA +2.0%
1988 0.5928 GPIA +2.5%
1989 0.6034 GPIA +1.8%
1990 0.6113 GPIA +1.3%
1991 0.6183 GPIA +1.1%
1992 0.6274 GPIA +1.5%
1993 0.6268 GPIA -0.1%
1994 0.6191 GPIA -1.2%
1995 0.6617 GPIA +6.9%
1996 0.6627 GPIA +0.2%
1997 0.6598 GPIA -0.4%
1998 0.6606 GPIA +0.1%
1999 0.6587 GPIA -0.3%
2000 0.6658 GPIA +1.1%
2001 0.666 GPIA +0.0%
2002 0.672 GPIA +0.9%
2003 0.6641 GPIA -1.2%
2004 0.6652 GPIA +0.2%
2005 0.6719 GPIA +1.0%
2006 0.6807 GPIA +1.3%
2007 0.693 GPIA +1.8%
2008 0.7115 GPIA +2.7%
2009 0.7268 GPIA +2.2%
2010 0.7471 GPIA +2.8%
2011 0.7658 GPIA +2.5%
2012 0.787 GPIA +2.8%
2013 0.8067 GPIA +2.5%
2014 0.8142 GPIA +0.9%
2015 0.8295 GPIA +1.9%
2016 0.8279 GPIA -0.2%
2017 0.8393 GPIA +1.4%
2018 0.8489 GPIA +1.1%
2019 0.8539 GPIA +0.6%
2020 0.8616 GPIA +0.9%
2021 0.8686 GPIA +0.8%
2022 0.8747 GPIA +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5116 GPIA 0.4991 GPIA 0.5245 GPIA 10
1980s 0.5543 GPIA 0.5078 GPIA 0.6034 GPIA 10
1990s 0.6406 GPIA 0.6113 GPIA 0.6627 GPIA 10
2000s 0.6817 GPIA 0.6641 GPIA 0.7268 GPIA 10
2010s 0.812 GPIA 0.7471 GPIA 0.8539 GPIA 10
2020s 0.8683 GPIA 0.8616 GPIA 0.8747 GPIA 3

Countries ranked near ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)

  1. 208 Somalia 0.7034 GPIA compare
  2. 209 Central African Republic 0.67 GPIA compare
  3. 210 Guinea 0.6546 GPIA compare
  4. 211 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6334 GPIA compare
  5. 212 Afghanistan 0.6156 GPIA compare
  6. 213 Guinea-Bissau 0.551 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 0.8747 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
The highest recorded value was 0.8747 GPIA in 2022.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4991 GPIA in 1979.
How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,669 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release