School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia
Somalia: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7034 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.7034 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia peaked at 0.7034 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2328 GPIA, in 1972.
That places Somalia 208th out of 213 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.2377 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.2328 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2415 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 0.2543 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 0.3161 GPIA | +24.3% |
| 1977 | 0.2871 GPIA | -9.2% |
| 1978 | 0.3058 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 0.311 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.3492 GPIA | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 0.4939 GPIA | +41.5% |
| 1982 | 0.5154 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5323 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 0.5663 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5631 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.56 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4732 GPIA | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7034 GPIA | +48.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2733 GPIA | 0.2328 GPIA | 0.3161 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.5115 GPIA | 0.3492 GPIA | 0.5663 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.4732 GPIA | 0.4732 GPIA | 0.4732 GPIA | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.7034 GPIA | 0.7034 GPIA | 0.7034 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 205 Equatorial Guinea 0.7763 GPIA compare
- 206 Yemen 0.7294 GPIA compare
- 207 Chad 0.7051 GPIA compare
- 209 Central African Republic 0.67 GPIA compare
- 210 Guinea 0.6546 GPIA compare
- 211 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6334 GPIA compare
More education data for Somalia
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,870 (2007)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 50.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 20.92 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 20.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Somalia was 0.7034 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7034 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2328 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Somalia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Somalia ranks 208th out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Somalia 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