School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: World
SDG: World: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9934 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9934 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
108th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9934 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8176 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: World, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: World recorded 0.9934 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 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: World peaked at 0.9934 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8176 GPIA, in 1981.
SDG: World ranks 108th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 in SDG: World, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.822 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8222 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8203 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.8278 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.8257 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.8241 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.8176 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8196 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8217 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8226 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.8288 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.835 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8399 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8416 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8439 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8441 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8469 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8513 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8536 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8644 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8727 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8792 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.884 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8914 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8984 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9024 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9064 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9066 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9196 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9219 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9311 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9345 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9393 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9587 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.955 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9565 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9641 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9759 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9807 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9805 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9812 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.98 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9826 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9841 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9815 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.978 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9857 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9904 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9934 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8236 GPIA | 0.8203 GPIA | 0.8278 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8295 GPIA | 0.8176 GPIA | 0.8439 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8686 GPIA | 0.8441 GPIA | 0.8984 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9267 GPIA | 0.9024 GPIA | 0.9587 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9741 GPIA | 0.955 GPIA | 0.9841 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9858 GPIA | 0.978 GPIA | 0.9934 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: World
More education data for SDG: World
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 314.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 337.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 206.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 34.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 404.43 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 213.09 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 199.67 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: World?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: World was 0.9934 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9934 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8176 GPIA in 1981.
- How does SDG: World rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: World ranks 108th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: World 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