School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Switzerland
Switzerland: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9789 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Switzerland, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Switzerland stood at 0.9789 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Switzerland peaked at 0.9789 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9359 GPIA, in 2000.
Switzerland ranks 156th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9359 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.944 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9372 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9389 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9389 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9421 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9428 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.951 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9587 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9645 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9738 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9701 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9694 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9742 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.97 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9695 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9738 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9699 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9664 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9678 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9697 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9703 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9741 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9789 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9454 GPIA | 0.9359 GPIA | 0.9645 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9708 GPIA | 0.9664 GPIA | 0.9742 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9722 GPIA | 0.9678 GPIA | 0.9789 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- 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 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Switzerland?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Switzerland was 0.9789 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9789 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9359 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Switzerland rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Switzerland ranks 156th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland 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