School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106), 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) recorded 0.9728 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) peaked at 0.9728 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8275 GPIA, in 1996.
ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) ranks 150th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.834 GPIA | — |
| 1996 | 0.8275 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8364 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8346 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8417 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8448 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8521 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8482 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8557 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8623 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.87 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8782 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8892 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.899 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9066 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9131 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9094 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9244 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9333 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9355 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.941 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.939 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9431 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9465 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9514 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9561 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9617 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9673 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.97 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9728 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8348 GPIA | 0.8275 GPIA | 0.8417 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8706 GPIA | 0.8448 GPIA | 0.9066 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9337 GPIA | 0.9094 GPIA | 0.9514 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9656 GPIA | 0.9561 GPIA | 0.9728 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
- 147 Palau 0.9831 GPIA compare
- 148 Zimbabwe 0.983 GPIA compare
- 149 Uzbekistan 0.9827 GPIA compare
- 150 Guatemala 0.9826 GPIA compare
- 151 Liechtenstein 0.9826 GPIA compare
- 152 Kazakhstan 0.9811 GPIA compare
- 153 Armenia 0.9808 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.29 million (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)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.65 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8275 GPIA in 1996.
- How does ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) ranks 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release