School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in UNESCO: Sids
UNESCO: Sids: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 1.35 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNESCO: Sids, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNESCO: Sids stood at 1.35 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNESCO: Sids peaked at 1.37 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.11 GPIA, in 1977.
That places UNESCO: Sids 7th 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.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in UNESCO: Sids, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.18 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 1.18 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1.16 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 1.14 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 1.14 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1.12 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 1.12 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1.12 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 1.13 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 1.15 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 1.18 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 1.19 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 1.19 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.2 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 1.2 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 1.21 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1.21 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.22 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.22 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.22 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 1.22 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.21 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1.2 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1.21 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1.22 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.23 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.23 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1.2 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 1.21 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.21 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.22 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.24 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1.31 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1.31 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.3 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.35 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 1.32 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 1.32 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.31 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.3 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.28 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.3 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.28 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.3 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.3 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.34 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.33 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.34 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.35 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1.37 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1.36 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.35 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.35 GPIA | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.14 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.18 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 1.22 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 1.23 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.28 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.31 GPIA | 1.28 GPIA | 1.34 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.36 GPIA | 1.35 GPIA | 1.37 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNESCO: Sids
More education data for UNESCO: Sids
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 131,313 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0307 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 569,310 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 850,086 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.0239 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.42 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNESCO: Sids?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNESCO: Sids 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 UNESCO: Sids?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.11 GPIA in 1977.
- How does UNESCO: Sids rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNESCO: Sids ranks 7th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNESCO: Sids?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNESCO: Sids 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