School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7775 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7775 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.7%
Rank
186th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7775 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.3139 GPIA
in 1974
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Least Developed Countries recorded 0.7775 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.7775 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3139 GPIA, in 1974.
SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 186th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3357 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.3342 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.3294 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.3313 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.3139 GPIA | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 0.3298 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3509 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3735 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 0.3941 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3759 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 0.3896 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 0.4029 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 0.4373 GPIA | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4047 GPIA | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 0.3955 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4045 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.3983 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.4331 GPIA | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 0.4167 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 0.4176 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4069 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.4103 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.4181 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.4511 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 0.4657 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.4836 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 0.504 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.5253 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.5406 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5703 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5936 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6082 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5947 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.5821 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5809 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5959 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.5995 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5904 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5932 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.607 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6218 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6362 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.659 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6747 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6772 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6819 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6884 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.6971 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7023 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7086 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.7214 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.7322 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.737 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7569 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 0.7775 GPIA | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3469 GPIA | 0.3139 GPIA | 0.3941 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.41 GPIA | 0.3896 GPIA | 0.4373 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4776 GPIA | 0.4069 GPIA | 0.5703 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5946 GPIA | 0.5809 GPIA | 0.6082 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6747 GPIA | 0.6218 GPIA | 0.7086 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.745 GPIA | 0.7214 GPIA | 0.7775 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 75.92 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 36.80 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 74.48 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 0.7775 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7775 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3139 GPIA in 1974.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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