School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) stood at 0.9776 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) peaked at 0.9776 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6915 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) ranks 141st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7295 GPIA | 0.6915 GPIA | 0.7697 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8055 GPIA | 0.7821 GPIA | 0.8344 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8379 GPIA | 0.8288 GPIA | 0.8462 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8856 GPIA | 0.8525 GPIA | 0.9234 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9462 GPIA | 0.9224 GPIA | 0.9615 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9724 GPIA | 0.9655 GPIA | 0.9776 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
More education data for ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 46.96 million (2024)
All data for ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6915 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release