Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9549 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) stood at 0.9549 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.9549 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.824 GPIA, in 1998.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 173rd of 212 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.824 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8318 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8321 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8363 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8318 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8386 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8438 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8527 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8612 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.866 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8746 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8829 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8885 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8882 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9036 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9119 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9162 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9222 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9234 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9278 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9549 GPIA | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8279 GPIA | 0.824 GPIA | 0.8318 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.852 GPIA | 0.8318 GPIA | 0.8829 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9102 GPIA | 0.8882 GPIA | 0.9278 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9549 GPIA | 1 |
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, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.9549 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9549 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.824 GPIA in 1998.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 173rd out of 212 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release