School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.6788 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.6788 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.8%
Rank
212th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6788 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.4539 GPIA
in 1979
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) recorded 0.6788 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 0.6788 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4539 GPIA, in 1979.
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 212th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5459 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5472 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5193 GPIA | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 0.5102 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4956 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.4791 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.4781 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4727 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.4563 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 0.4539 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4602 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.4615 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.467 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.4682 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.4683 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4678 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.4615 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4628 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.4652 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.4658 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.463 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.4551 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.4614 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.4654 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.4718 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.4677 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.4748 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.4795 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.488 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.4924 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.5134 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5091 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5367 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5154 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.524 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5317 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5479 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5369 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5352 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5467 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5474 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5462 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5836 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6007 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6001 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6066 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6271 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6342 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6431 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.659 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6669 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6788 GPIA | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4958 GPIA | 0.4539 GPIA | 0.5472 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4648 GPIA | 0.4602 GPIA | 0.4683 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4719 GPIA | 0.4551 GPIA | 0.4924 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5297 GPIA | 0.5091 GPIA | 0.5479 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6048 GPIA | 0.5462 GPIA | 0.659 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6729 GPIA | 0.6669 GPIA | 0.6788 GPIA | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.38 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.57 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.08 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.63 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.51 % change on previous year (2021)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 0.6788 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6788 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4539 GPIA in 1979.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release