School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.966 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 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: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 0.966 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 0.9673 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5845 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 187th 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 | 0.6639 GPIA | 0.5845 GPIA | 0.7382 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7577 GPIA | 0.7298 GPIA | 0.7885 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7777 GPIA | 0.7489 GPIA | 0.8001 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8356 GPIA | 0.7866 GPIA | 0.8908 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9319 GPIA | 0.9014 GPIA | 0.9542 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.965 GPIA | 0.963 GPIA | 0.9673 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- 184 Sudan 0.9495 GPIA compare
- 185 Mauritius 0.9488 GPIA compare
- 186 Namibia 0.9466 GPIA compare
- 187 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9459 GPIA compare
- 188 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.9452 GPIA compare
- 189 Guinea-Bissau 0.9436 GPIA compare
- 190 French Polynesia 0.943 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.94 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 12.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 29.27 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.86 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 0.966 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9673 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5845 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 187th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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