School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.05 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
1.05 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
15th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.09 GPIA
in 1992
All-time low
1.03 GPIA
in 2003
Years of data
54
1971–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean stood at 1.05 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 1.09 GPIA in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1.03 GPIA, in 2003.
That places MDG: Caribbean 15th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.09 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 1.07 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 1.08 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1.06 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1.08 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1.07 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 1.06 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.05 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 11.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 312,088 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.56 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean was 1.05 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPIA in 1992.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2003.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 15th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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