School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9858 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9858 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
113th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9858 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8115 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa recorded 0.9858 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 0.9858 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8115 GPIA, in 1970.
That places UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 113th 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 UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8115 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.8119 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.8126 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.8154 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.8225 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.8265 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.8223 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.8301 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.8429 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.8419 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.8548 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.863 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8659 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8692 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.8782 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.8882 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.8941 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8873 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8844 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.898 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.9072 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.9092 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9082 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9085 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9055 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8896 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8779 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8759 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8657 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8703 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8769 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8847 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8875 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8933 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9041 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9146 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9268 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9313 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.936 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.945 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9475 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9329 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9402 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9485 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9554 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9553 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.962 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9624 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9611 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.965 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9677 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9743 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9817 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9849 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9858 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8238 GPIA | 0.8115 GPIA | 0.8429 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8783 GPIA | 0.8548 GPIA | 0.898 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8918 GPIA | 0.8657 GPIA | 0.9092 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.91 GPIA | 0.8769 GPIA | 0.945 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.953 GPIA | 0.9329 GPIA | 0.965 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9789 GPIA | 0.9677 GPIA | 0.9858 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 0.9858 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9858 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8115 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 113th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern 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