School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
86th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7497 GPIA
in 1976
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) recorded 1 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7497 GPIA, in 1976.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 86th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.7498 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.7497 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7559 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.7693 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.7677 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7633 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7519 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7522 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7582 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7621 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7666 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7698 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7772 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7793 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.7824 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7818 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7857 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7921 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7971 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8128 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8244 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.836 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.845 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8572 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8675 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8761 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8824 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8868 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9045 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9097 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9251 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9327 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9427 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9529 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9699 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9645 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9673 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9714 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9887 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9958 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9966 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9993 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.997 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9991 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9998 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9918 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9825 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9929 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.999 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7585 GPIA | 0.7497 GPIA | 0.7693 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.7663 GPIA | 0.7519 GPIA | 0.7824 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.82 GPIA | 0.7818 GPIA | 0.8675 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9183 GPIA | 0.8761 GPIA | 0.9699 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.988 GPIA | 0.9645 GPIA | 0.9998 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.994 GPIA | 0.9825 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 390.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6175 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 187.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3795 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 198.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 203.58 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7497 GPIA in 1976.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 86th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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