School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9752 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9752 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
160th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9752 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7135 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 0.9752 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.9752 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7135 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 160th 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7135 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7183 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.728 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7381 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7498 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.7518 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7556 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7708 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7827 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.7837 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7963 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8047 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8041 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8034 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8095 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8137 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8198 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8304 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.8111 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.8384 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8311 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.8375 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.842 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8398 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8383 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8304 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8317 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8316 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8263 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8341 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8399 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8498 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.858 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8654 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8749 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8876 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9029 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9097 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9185 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9249 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9186 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9322 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9422 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9458 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9518 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9496 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9521 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9534 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9586 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9632 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9687 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9718 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9729 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9752 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7492 GPIA | 0.7135 GPIA | 0.7837 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8131 GPIA | 0.7963 GPIA | 0.8384 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8343 GPIA | 0.8263 GPIA | 0.842 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8757 GPIA | 0.8399 GPIA | 0.9185 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9429 GPIA | 0.9186 GPIA | 0.9586 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9704 GPIA | 0.9632 GPIA | 0.9752 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- 157 Guadeloupe 0.9734 GPIA compare
- 158 Nicaragua 0.9725 GPIA compare
- 159 New Caledonia 0.9722 GPIA compare
- 160 Hong Kong, China 0.9718 GPIA compare
- 161 Papua New Guinea 0.9717 GPIA compare
- 162 Solomon Islands 0.9713 GPIA compare
- 163 Nigeria 0.9709 GPIA compare
- 163 Pakistan 0.9709 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 38.99 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 100.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 80.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 40.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.9752 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9752 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7135 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 160th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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