School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9614 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Ethiopia, 1971–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Ethiopia is 0.9614 GPIA, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.9614 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3231 GPIA, in 1971.
Ethiopia ranks 174th of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3231 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.3314 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.3684 GPIA | +11.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5511 GPIA | +49.6% |
| 1991 | 0.751 GPIA | +36.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8244 GPIA | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8681 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8479 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8072 GPIA | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.7736 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6894 GPIA | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6848 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6771 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6376 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5863 GPIA | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5837 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6072 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 0.638 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6777 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7343 GPIA | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7804 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8268 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8913 GPIA | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9116 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9614 GPIA | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.341 GPIA | 0.3231 GPIA | 0.3684 GPIA | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.5511 GPIA | 0.5511 GPIA | 0.5511 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7945 GPIA | 0.6894 GPIA | 0.8681 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.6607 GPIA | 0.5837 GPIA | 0.7804 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8978 GPIA | 0.8268 GPIA | 0.9614 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 338,716 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 84.42 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 84.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Ethiopia?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Ethiopia was 0.9614 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9614 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3231 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Ethiopia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Ethiopia ranks 174th out of 213 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release