School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa
UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: 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.
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 UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9727 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8228 GPIA, in 1998.
UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 157th 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 UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8279 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8228 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8282 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8374 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8343 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8406 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8476 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8574 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8674 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8789 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8893 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8986 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9067 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9037 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9194 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9294 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9316 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.938 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9359 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9406 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9442 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9496 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9549 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9615 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 | 0.8263 GPIA | 0.8228 GPIA | 0.8282 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8582 GPIA | 0.83 GPIA | 0.8986 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9299 GPIA | 0.9037 GPIA | 0.9496 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9654 GPIA | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9727 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: 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 UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8228 GPIA in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 157th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: 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