School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9762 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9762 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
151st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9762 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7077 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.9762 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9762 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7077 GPIA, in 1970.
That places SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 151st 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 SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7077 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7127 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.7227 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.7332 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.7456 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.7477 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7517 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7673 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7797 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7811 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7941 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.8028 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8023 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8017 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8079 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8121 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8183 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8291 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.8093 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.8374 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 0.83 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.8366 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8413 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8391 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8377 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8296 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8312 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8313 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8259 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.834 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.84 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.85 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8505 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8583 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.866 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8752 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8885 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9049 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9112 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9195 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9259 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9197 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9342 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9442 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9471 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9537 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9509 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9529 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9545 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9592 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9636 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9693 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9725 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9736 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9762 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7449 GPIA | 0.7077 GPIA | 0.7811 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8115 GPIA | 0.7941 GPIA | 0.8374 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8337 GPIA | 0.8259 GPIA | 0.8413 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8764 GPIA | 0.84 GPIA | 0.9195 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9442 GPIA | 0.9197 GPIA | 0.9592 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.971 GPIA | 0.9636 GPIA | 0.9762 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 40.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 78.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.77 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8202 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 37.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9762 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9762 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7077 GPIA in 1970.
- How does SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 151st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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