School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.991 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.991 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
116th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.991 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7677 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries is 0.991 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 0.991 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7677 GPIA, in 1981.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 116th 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 UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.7693 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.7703 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7708 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7813 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7797 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7761 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7677 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7689 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7714 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7727 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.7808 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7885 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7955 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.798 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.8013 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8025 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.807 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8137 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8179 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.8309 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8419 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8507 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8573 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8669 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8754 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8806 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.885 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8866 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9015 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9041 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9158 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9218 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9277 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9369 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9503 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9466 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9491 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9586 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9718 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.977 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.977 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9784 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9771 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.98 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9822 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9792 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9742 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9822 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9875 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.991 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7743 GPIA | 0.7693 GPIA | 0.7813 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.7821 GPIA | 0.7677 GPIA | 0.8013 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8364 GPIA | 0.8025 GPIA | 0.8754 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.911 GPIA | 0.8806 GPIA | 0.9503 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9698 GPIA | 0.9466 GPIA | 0.9822 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9828 GPIA | 0.9742 GPIA | 0.991 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 112.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.43 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.2163 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 0.991 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.991 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7677 GPIA in 1981.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 116th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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