School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname
Suriname: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.58 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 1.58 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.0% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname peaked at 1.58 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.08 GPIA, in 2022.
Suriname ranks 1st of 213 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.22 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 1.23 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 1.28 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 1.22 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 1.25 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1.21 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 1.12 GPIA | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 1.14 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 1.13 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 1.17 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1.19 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 1.22 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 1.19 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 1.22 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 1.16 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 1.17 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 1.16 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.17 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1.3 GPIA | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 1.25 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 1.27 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.27 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.24 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 1.21 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 1.23 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 1.27 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1.26 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.25 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.27 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.23 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.48 GPIA | +20.7% |
| 2019 | 1.28 GPIA | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 1.25 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 1.14 GPIA | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 1.08 GPIA | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 1.58 GPIA | +47.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.2 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 1.28 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.19 GPIA | 1.17 GPIA | 1.22 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 1.18 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 1.22 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.24 GPIA | 1.17 GPIA | 1.3 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.28 GPIA | 1.23 GPIA | 1.48 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.26 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 1.58 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More education data for Suriname
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5,068 (2021)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 91.92 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 91.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Suriname was 1.58 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.08 GPIA in 2022.
- How does Suriname rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Suriname ranks 1st out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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