School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.6635 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) recorded 0.6635 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 0.6635 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4467 GPIA, in 1979.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4709 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4714 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.4647 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4626 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.4594 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.4599 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.4628 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.4546 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4527 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.4467 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.456 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4596 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.4728 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.4722 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.476 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.4776 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.4802 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.4852 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.4855 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.4857 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.497 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.495 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.4971 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5022 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5022 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.4992 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.5033 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.506 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.5017 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5035 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5162 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5187 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5375 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.527 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5371 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.5483 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5665 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5542 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.553 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5589 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5614 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5808 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6051 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6063 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6165 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6296 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6388 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6435 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6471 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6587 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6635 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4606 GPIA | 0.4467 GPIA | 0.4714 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4751 GPIA | 0.456 GPIA | 0.4857 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5007 GPIA | 0.495 GPIA | 0.506 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5417 GPIA | 0.5162 GPIA | 0.5665 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6188 GPIA | 0.5614 GPIA | 0.6587 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6635 GPIA | 0.6635 GPIA | 0.6635 GPIA | 1 |
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6.98 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 0.6635 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6635 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4467 GPIA in 1979.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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