School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8956 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970β2024
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.
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)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 4.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 2.09 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release