School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9779 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9779 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
139th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9779 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6757 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) stood at 0.9779 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) peaked at 0.9779 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6757 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 139th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6757 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6775 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.692 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7071 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7285 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7311 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7373 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.752 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7727 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.7786 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7934 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7972 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8002 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8079 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8227 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8086 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8153 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8408 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.8249 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.8327 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8426 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8481 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8519 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8596 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8535 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8188 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8129 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.8217 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8175 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8475 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8576 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.861 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8604 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8665 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8796 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8929 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.908 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9164 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9237 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9358 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9421 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9429 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.948 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9554 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9555 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.971 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9676 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9608 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9554 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9568 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9593 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9671 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9746 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9773 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9779 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7252 GPIA | 0.6757 GPIA | 0.7786 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8144 GPIA | 0.7934 GPIA | 0.8408 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8374 GPIA | 0.8129 GPIA | 0.8596 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8902 GPIA | 0.8576 GPIA | 0.9358 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9556 GPIA | 0.9421 GPIA | 0.971 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9713 GPIA | 0.9593 GPIA | 0.9779 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
More education data for ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 12.51 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.95 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 12.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 41.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 32.35 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 16.23 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) was 0.9779 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9779 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6757 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 139th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 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