School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.8956 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8956 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
220th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8956 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6679 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) is 0.8956 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 0.8956 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6679 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 220th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6679 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6683 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6886 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7008 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.7105 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7181 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7354 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.7357 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7418 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.7548 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.7663 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.7713 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7744 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7726 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7765 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7773 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7838 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7876 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7788 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7776 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.7777 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7815 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.8159 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8105 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8074 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7975 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.782 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7798 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.7584 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 0.762 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7851 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8075 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8037 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8039 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.807 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8034 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.803 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8213 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8178 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8212 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8288 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8343 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8537 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8544 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8562 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8636 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.864 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8609 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8622 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8626 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8674 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8726 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8808 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.8874 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.8956 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7122 GPIA | 0.6679 GPIA | 0.7548 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7766 GPIA | 0.7663 GPIA | 0.7876 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7873 GPIA | 0.7584 GPIA | 0.8159 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8074 GPIA | 0.7851 GPIA | 0.8213 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8541 GPIA | 0.8288 GPIA | 0.864 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8807 GPIA | 0.8674 GPIA | 0.8956 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 0.8956 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8956 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6679 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 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.
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February 2026 Data Release