School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.9855 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9855 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
127th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9855 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6939 GPIA
in 1975
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 0.9855 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 0.9855 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6939 GPIA, in 1975.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 127th 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 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7111 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7069 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7074 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7018 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.7035 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6939 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7011 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7086 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7083 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7129 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.715 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7256 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7336 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7459 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7512 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.756 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7602 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7669 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7768 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.7848 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8017 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8118 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.829 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.834 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8312 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8477 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8491 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8512 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8638 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8747 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8787 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.882 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8891 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8968 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8983 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9096 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9199 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9272 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9329 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9344 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9306 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9358 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9293 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9315 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.936 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9421 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9435 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9551 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9617 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9643 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9651 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9768 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9804 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9855 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7056 GPIA | 0.6939 GPIA | 0.7129 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7516 GPIA | 0.715 GPIA | 0.7848 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8394 GPIA | 0.8017 GPIA | 0.8747 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9069 GPIA | 0.8787 GPIA | 0.9344 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9413 GPIA | 0.9293 GPIA | 0.9617 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9744 GPIA | 0.9643 GPIA | 0.9855 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.9855 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9855 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6939 GPIA in 1975.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 127th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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