School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 1.1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.1 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
108th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.1 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7736 GPIA
in 1987
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) stood at 1.1 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 1.1 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7736 GPIA, in 1987.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 108th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9483 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.9391 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.9192 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.9036 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.8882 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.8748 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.8584 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.8183 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.8034 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.8109 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.802 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.796 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7958 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7989 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7939 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.8034 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7811 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7736 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.8126 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8305 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8522 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.8771 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8787 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.8745 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.871 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8712 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8722 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8748 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.877 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8799 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.896 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9122 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9363 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9681 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9494 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9594 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9961 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9475 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.05 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.09 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.1 GPIA | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8764 GPIA | 0.8034 GPIA | 0.9483 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7988 GPIA | 0.7736 GPIA | 0.8305 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8729 GPIA | 0.8522 GPIA | 0.8799 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9593 GPIA | 0.896 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 1.1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7736 GPIA in 1987.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 108th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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