School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: World
UNICEF: 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
112th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9934 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8172 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
50
1975–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: World, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: 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.
The figure is 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 UNICEF: World peaked at 0.9934 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8172 GPIA, in 1981.
UNICEF: World ranks 112th 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: World, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.8215 GPIA | — |
| 1976 | 0.8217 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8198 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.8274 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.8253 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.8237 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.8172 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8191 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8213 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8221 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.8284 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.8346 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8395 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8412 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8435 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8437 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8465 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8509 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8532 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8641 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8724 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.879 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.8837 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8912 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8982 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9022 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9062 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9064 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9194 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9217 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9309 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9343 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9391 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9469 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9586 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9549 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9564 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 | 0.9903 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9934 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8232 GPIA | 0.8198 GPIA | 0.8274 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.8291 GPIA | 0.8172 GPIA | 0.8435 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8683 GPIA | 0.8437 GPIA | 0.8982 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9266 GPIA | 0.9022 GPIA | 0.9586 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.974 GPIA | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9841 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9858 GPIA | 0.978 GPIA | 0.9934 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: World
More education data for UNICEF: 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 314.34 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 336.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 206.38 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 34.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 404.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 212.93 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 199.52 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: World?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8172 GPIA in 1981.
- How does UNICEF: World rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: World ranks 112th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 50 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release