MDG: Sub-saharan Africa vs Samoa: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender

MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
0.9727 GPIA
in 2024
Samoa
0.9807 GPIA
in 2023
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank
157th
Samoa rank
154th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender over time

  • MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.9807 GPIA against 0.9727 GPIA in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, a difference of 0.008 GPIA.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.

MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 157th and Samoa ranks 154th of 221 groups.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade MDG: Sub-saharan Africa Samoa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.8255 GPIA 1 GPIA 0.1777 GPIA Samoa
2000s 0.8547 GPIA 0.9918 GPIA 0.1371 GPIA Samoa
2010s 0.93 GPIA 0.982 GPIA 0.052 GPIA Samoa
2020s 0.9635 GPIA 0.9784 GPIA 0.0149 GPIA Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender, MDG: Sub-saharan Africa or Samoa?
Samoa, at 0.9807 GPIA against 0.9727 GPIA in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender between MDG: Sub-saharan Africa and Samoa?
0.008 GPIA, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for MDG: Sub-saharan Africa and Samoa?
24 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
How do MDG: Sub-saharan Africa and Samoa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 157th and Samoa ranks 154th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release