School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
UIS: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9727 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UIS: Sub-saharan Africa recorded 0.9727 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9727 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.823 GPIA, in 1998.
UIS: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 159th 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 UIS: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8285 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.823 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8286 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8304 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.838 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8334 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8395 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8469 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8564 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8668 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8794 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8894 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.899 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9072 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.904 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9206 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9306 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9322 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9389 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9362 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9404 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9442 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9489 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9545 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9613 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9673 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9704 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9727 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8267 GPIA | 0.823 GPIA | 0.8286 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8579 GPIA | 0.8304 GPIA | 0.899 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9303 GPIA | 0.904 GPIA | 0.9489 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9652 GPIA | 0.9545 GPIA | 0.9727 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.73 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 37.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 40.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.53 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9727 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9727 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.823 GPIA in 1998.
- How does UIS: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 159th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 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