School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)
ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9749 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) is 0.9749 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) peaked at 0.9749 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8279 GPIA, in 1996.
That places ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 141st 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 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.845 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8581 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8279 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.8693 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8826 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8975 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9076 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9162 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9174 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9345 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9409 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9398 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9382 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9506 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9475 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9456 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9393 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9457 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9485 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9543 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9529 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9547 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9583 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9592 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9655 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9654 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9653 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9687 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.97 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8634 GPIA | 0.8279 GPIA | 0.8975 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9334 GPIA | 0.9076 GPIA | 0.9506 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9524 GPIA | 0.9393 GPIA | 0.9655 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9689 GPIA | 0.9653 GPIA | 0.9749 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)
More education data for ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.06 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 12.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 7.59 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 15.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 7.90 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) was 0.9749 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: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9749 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8279 GPIA in 1996.
- How does ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 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