School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sudan
Sudan: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9608 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sudan, 2001–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sudan is 0.9608 GPIA, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sudan peaked at 0.9608 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8038 GPIA, in 2001.
Sudan ranks 174th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sudan, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.8038 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.8488 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8623 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8556 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8742 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8716 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8422 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8703 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8712 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8798 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8811 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8684 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8779 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9012 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8964 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9138 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9368 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9333 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9608 GPIA | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8556 GPIA | 0.8038 GPIA | 0.8742 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9049 GPIA | 0.8684 GPIA | 0.9608 GPIA | 10 |
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More education data for Sudan
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sudan?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sudan was 0.9608 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9608 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8038 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Sudan rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Sudan ranks 174th out of 200 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release