Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.7948 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.7948 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
185th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7948 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.5187 GPIA
in 1990
Years of data
52
1970–2021
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 0.7948 GPIA for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.7948 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5187 GPIA, in 1990.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 185th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6362 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6625 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6188 GPIA | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 0.6278 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.6147 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6047 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.5958 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5836 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.5659 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.5478 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.541 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.5327 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.523 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5239 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5299 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.5231 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.525 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.5393 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 0.5218 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.5202 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.5187 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.535 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.5555 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5674 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.6059 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6192 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6357 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.6496 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6724 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.6947 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.6965 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6909 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6972 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.6849 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.6976 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7024 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.7148 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.715 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7073 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.714 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7101 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6954 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7182 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.7274 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7259 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.7354 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7462 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.755 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7679 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7795 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.788 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7948 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6058 GPIA | 0.5478 GPIA | 0.6625 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.528 GPIA | 0.5202 GPIA | 0.541 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6054 GPIA | 0.5187 GPIA | 0.6947 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7021 GPIA | 0.6849 GPIA | 0.715 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7361 GPIA | 0.6954 GPIA | 0.7795 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7914 GPIA | 0.788 GPIA | 0.7948 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.7948 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7948 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5187 GPIA in 1990.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 185th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release