School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa
UNICEF: Africa: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9776 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
141st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9776 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6915 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa stood at 0.9776 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 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa peaked at 0.9776 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6915 GPIA, in 1970.
UNICEF: Africa ranks 141st 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 UNICEF: Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6915 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6957 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7066 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.7165 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7289 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.7315 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7372 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7526 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7648 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7697 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7821 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7917 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7937 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7953 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8019 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8079 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.8149 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8251 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.8075 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8344 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8311 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8357 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8418 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8415 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.8402 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8371 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8288 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.839 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.837 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8462 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8525 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8622 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8633 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8706 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8775 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8847 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8954 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9094 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9165 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9234 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9292 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9224 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9364 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9454 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9488 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9542 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9524 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9548 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9564 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9615 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9655 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9703 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9738 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9748 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9776 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7295 GPIA | 0.6915 GPIA | 0.7697 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8055 GPIA | 0.7821 GPIA | 0.8344 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8379 GPIA | 0.8288 GPIA | 0.8462 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8856 GPIA | 0.8525 GPIA | 0.9234 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9462 GPIA | 0.9224 GPIA | 0.9615 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9724 GPIA | 0.9655 GPIA | 0.9776 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9.24 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9776 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6915 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Africa ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: 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