School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9744 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1997–2024
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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 0.9744 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 0.9744 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8898 GPIA, in 2011.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 143rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.9281 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.9248 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9216 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9134 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.9177 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.917 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.921 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9251 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9234 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9282 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9259 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9263 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9313 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9279 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8898 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9029 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9129 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9253 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9283 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9384 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9462 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9488 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9513 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9574 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.964 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.969 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9733 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9744 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9248 GPIA | 0.9216 GPIA | 0.9281 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9229 GPIA | 0.9134 GPIA | 0.9313 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9272 GPIA | 0.8898 GPIA | 0.9513 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9676 GPIA | 0.9574 GPIA | 0.9744 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- 140 Colombia 0.9861 GPIA compare
- 141 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9854 GPIA compare
- 142 Poland 0.9841 GPIA compare
- 143 Guyana 0.9839 GPIA compare
- 144 Barbados 0.9838 GPIA compare
- 145 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9837 GPIA compare
- 146 Netherlands 0.9837 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8034 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.9744 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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9744 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8898 GPIA in 2011.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 143rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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