School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)

WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7382 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7382 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
199th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7382 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.5367 GPIA
in 1979
Years of data
52
1970–2021

School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970–2021

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

In 2021, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 0.7382 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 0.7382 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5367 GPIA, in 1979.

That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.

School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1970 to 2021.
Year GPIA Change
1970 0.6018 GPIA
1971 0.6011 GPIA -0.1%
1972 0.5828 GPIA -3.0%
1973 0.577 GPIA -1.0%
1974 0.5689 GPIA -1.4%
1975 0.56 GPIA -1.6%
1976 0.5474 GPIA -2.3%
1977 0.5569 GPIA +1.7%
1978 0.5416 GPIA -2.7%
1979 0.5367 GPIA -0.9%
1980 0.5447 GPIA +1.5%
1981 0.5503 GPIA +1.0%
1982 0.5592 GPIA +1.6%
1983 0.5611 GPIA +0.3%
1984 0.5641 GPIA +0.5%
1985 0.5718 GPIA +1.4%
1986 0.5647 GPIA -1.2%
1987 0.5718 GPIA +1.3%
1988 0.5718 GPIA -0.0%
1989 0.5743 GPIA +0.4%
1990 0.5798 GPIA +1.0%
1991 0.5728 GPIA -1.2%
1992 0.5746 GPIA +0.3%
1993 0.5729 GPIA -0.3%
1994 0.5783 GPIA +1.0%
1995 0.5828 GPIA +0.8%
1996 0.5908 GPIA +1.4%
1997 0.5988 GPIA +1.4%
1998 0.6158 GPIA +2.8%
1999 0.6242 GPIA +1.4%
2000 0.6316 GPIA +1.2%
2001 0.6308 GPIA -0.1%
2002 0.6542 GPIA +3.7%
2003 0.6417 GPIA -1.9%
2004 0.6409 GPIA -0.1%
2005 0.6445 GPIA +0.6%
2006 0.6569 GPIA +1.9%
2007 0.6521 GPIA -0.7%
2008 0.6398 GPIA -1.9%
2009 0.6459 GPIA +1.0%
2010 0.6401 GPIA -0.9%
2011 0.6461 GPIA +0.9%
2012 0.6637 GPIA +2.7%
2013 0.6611 GPIA -0.4%
2014 0.656 GPIA -0.8%
2015 0.6671 GPIA +1.7%
2016 0.6846 GPIA +2.6%
2017 0.6893 GPIA +0.7%
2018 0.7022 GPIA +1.9%
2019 0.7193 GPIA +2.4%
2020 0.7271 GPIA +1.1%
2021 0.7382 GPIA +1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.5674 GPIA 0.5367 GPIA 0.6018 GPIA 10
1980s 0.5634 GPIA 0.5447 GPIA 0.5743 GPIA 10
1990s 0.5891 GPIA 0.5728 GPIA 0.6242 GPIA 10
2000s 0.6438 GPIA 0.6308 GPIA 0.6569 GPIA 10
2010s 0.6729 GPIA 0.6401 GPIA 0.7193 GPIA 10
2020s 0.7327 GPIA 0.7271 GPIA 0.7382 GPIA 2

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 0.7382 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
The highest recorded value was 0.7382 GPIA in 2021.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5367 GPIA in 1979.
How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
412 places, 14,075 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release