School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.982 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 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: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) is 0.982 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 0.985 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.593 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 130th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6555 GPIA | 0.593 GPIA | 0.7211 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7436 GPIA | 0.7201 GPIA | 0.7732 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7717 GPIA | 0.7406 GPIA | 0.7937 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8412 GPIA | 0.7904 GPIA | 0.901 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9482 GPIA | 0.9141 GPIA | 0.9731 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9813 GPIA | 0.9772 GPIA | 0.985 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- 127 Romania 0.9898 GPIA compare
- 128 United Arab Emirates 0.9896 GPIA compare
- 129 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0.9889 GPIA compare
- 130 Cuba 0.9887 GPIA compare
- 131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9886 GPIA compare
- 132 Comoros 0.987 GPIA compare
- 133 Thailand 0.9854 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 15.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 15.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.82 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 32.92 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 0.982 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.985 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.593 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 130th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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