School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.35 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Small Island Developing States is 1.35 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 1.36 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.2 GPIA, in 1979.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 6th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 1.22 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.24 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 1.26 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.26 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 1.27 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.3 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 1.36 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.31 GPIA | 1.28 GPIA | 1.34 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.35 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 1.36 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 4.60 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.27 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.24 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.5% (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.62 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 3.31 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.68 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 1.35 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 GPIA in 1979.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 6th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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