School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Least developed countries
Least developed countries: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7126 GPI in 2019. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Least developed countries, 1970β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Least developed countries stood at 0.7126 GPI. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Least developed countries peaked at 0.7126 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3791 GPI, in 1974.
That places Least developed countries 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4134 GPI | 0.3791 GPI | 0.4382 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4303 GPI | 0.4153 GPI | 0.4601 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4859 GPI | 0.4245 GPI | 0.5705 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5932 GPI | 0.5782 GPI | 0.6055 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6734 GPI | 0.6195 GPI | 0.7126 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Least developed countries
More education data for Least developed countries
- Population ages 0-14 38.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4.43 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4.43 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total 450.68 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Least developed countries?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Least developed countries was 0.7126 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Least developed countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7126 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Least developed countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3791 GPI in 1974.
- How does Least developed countries rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Least developed countries ranks 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Least developed countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least developed countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.