School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.983 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.983 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
129th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.983 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.884 GPIA
in 1973
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 0.983 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 0.983 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.884 GPIA, in 1973.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 129th of 221 groups on this measure, 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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8921 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.8919 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.8881 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.884 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.8903 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.894 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8897 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.8943 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.8965 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.8894 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.9039 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9278 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.9348 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.9335 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9311 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.9377 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.9374 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.9377 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.9364 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.9496 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.9569 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.9505 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.9433 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9399 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9312 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.9256 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.9226 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9219 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.9183 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9168 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9092 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9146 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9144 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9195 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9245 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9245 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9304 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9296 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9306 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9333 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.93 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8858 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9023 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9165 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9332 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9392 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9542 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9575 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9567 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9637 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9678 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9728 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9775 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9822 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.983 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.891 GPIA | 0.884 GPIA | 0.8965 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.933 GPIA | 0.9039 GPIA | 0.9496 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9327 GPIA | 0.9168 GPIA | 0.9569 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.923 GPIA | 0.9092 GPIA | 0.9333 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9339 GPIA | 0.8858 GPIA | 0.9637 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9767 GPIA | 0.9678 GPIA | 0.983 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.02 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.01 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 17.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 5.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.983 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.983 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.884 GPIA in 1973.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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