School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Iceland
Iceland: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.53 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Iceland, 1971β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 1.53 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Iceland peaked at 1.53 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.36 GPIA, in 1971.
Iceland ranks 10th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5313 GPIA | 0.36 GPIA | 0.7398 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 1.14 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.23 GPIA | 5 |
| 1990s | 1.31 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 1.41 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.45 GPIA | 1.4 GPIA | 1.49 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.45 GPIA | 1.42 GPIA | 1.51 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.53 GPIA | 1.52 GPIA | 1.53 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 7 Guyana 1.57 GPIA compare
- 8 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1.57 GPIA compare
- 9 Antigua and Barbuda 1.54 GPIA compare
- 11 Samoa 1.53 GPIA compare
- 12 Seychelles 1.53 GPIA compare
- 13 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.53 GPIA compare
More education data for Iceland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,568 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0093 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Iceland?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Iceland was 1.53 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.36 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Iceland rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Iceland ranks 10th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release