School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Western Asia
SDG: Western Asia: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9647 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Western Asia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Western Asia stood at 0.9647 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Western Asia peaked at 0.9678 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8175 GPIA, in 2002.
SDG: Western Asia ranks 152nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Western Asia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8231 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8225 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8217 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8195 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8175 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8259 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.842 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8678 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8783 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8905 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9066 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9214 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9223 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9208 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9261 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9364 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9419 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9469 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9411 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9542 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9496 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9555 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9569 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9648 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9678 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9647 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8228 GPIA | 0.8225 GPIA | 0.8231 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8591 GPIA | 0.8175 GPIA | 0.9214 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.938 GPIA | 0.9208 GPIA | 0.9542 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.962 GPIA | 0.9555 GPIA | 0.9678 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Western Asia
More education data for SDG: Western Asia
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.9495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.33 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.4976 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8581 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.19 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.8025 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.27 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Western Asia?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Western Asia was 0.9647 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9678 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8175 GPIA in 2002.
- How does SDG: Western Asia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Western Asia ranks 152nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Western Asia 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