School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9724 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 0.9724 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.9724 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8225 GPIA, in 1998.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 161st 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8277 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8225 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8278 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8297 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8371 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.834 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8402 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8472 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.857 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.867 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8785 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8889 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8983 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9065 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9035 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9193 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9292 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9314 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9378 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9356 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9403 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9439 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9493 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9547 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9613 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9671 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9701 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9724 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.826 GPIA | 0.8225 GPIA | 0.8278 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8578 GPIA | 0.8297 GPIA | 0.8983 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9297 GPIA | 0.9035 GPIA | 0.9493 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9651 GPIA | 0.9547 GPIA | 0.9724 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.51 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.62 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.9724 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9724 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8225 GPIA in 1998.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 161st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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