School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.43 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean stood at 1.43 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 1.43 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.25 GPIA, in 1979.
MDG: Caribbean ranks 3rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.29 GPIA | 1.25 GPIA | 1.33 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.3 GPIA | 1.26 GPIA | 1.33 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.34 GPIA | 1.31 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.35 GPIA | 1.3 GPIA | 1.4 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 GPIA | 1.33 GPIA | 1.38 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 GPIA | 1.4 GPIA | 1.43 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 11.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 312,088 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.56 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Caribbean was 1.43 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.25 GPIA in 1979.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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