School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa
UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9755 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9755 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
156th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9755 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.713 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa recorded 0.9755 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 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9755 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.713 GPIA, in 1970.
UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 156th 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: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.713 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7178 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.7275 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7376 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7494 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.7514 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7553 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7703 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7822 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.7833 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7959 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8042 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.8037 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8032 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8092 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8134 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8194 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8299 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.8108 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.838 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8308 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.8372 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8418 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.8397 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8382 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8304 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8318 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8319 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8266 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8345 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8404 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8501 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8504 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8584 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8659 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8754 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.888 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9033 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.91 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9188 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9252 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9189 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9325 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9424 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.946 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.952 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9499 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9524 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9538 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.959 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9633 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9688 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9719 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.973 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9755 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7488 GPIA | 0.713 GPIA | 0.7833 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8128 GPIA | 0.7959 GPIA | 0.838 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8343 GPIA | 0.8266 GPIA | 0.8418 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8761 GPIA | 0.8404 GPIA | 0.9188 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9432 GPIA | 0.9189 GPIA | 0.959 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9705 GPIA | 0.9633 GPIA | 0.9755 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.7869 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.63 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9755 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9755 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.713 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 156th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: 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