School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9845 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1994–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa stood at 0.9845 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 0.9845 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.868 GPIA, in 1998.
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 113th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.9058 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.8913 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8807 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8783 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.868 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8694 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8735 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8787 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8807 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8821 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8894 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8977 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9075 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9109 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9192 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9292 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9339 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9256 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9339 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9424 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9505 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9503 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9563 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9573 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9607 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9644 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9734 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9815 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9845 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8823 GPIA | 0.868 GPIA | 0.9058 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8969 GPIA | 0.8735 GPIA | 0.9292 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9465 GPIA | 0.9256 GPIA | 0.9607 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9759 GPIA | 0.9644 GPIA | 0.9845 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 0.9845 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9845 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.868 GPIA in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 113th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern 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