School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: West and Central Africa
UNICEF: West and Central Africa: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9599 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9599 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
190th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9599 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7691 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2024
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: West and Central Africa, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: West and Central Africa stood at 0.9599 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: West and Central Africa peaked at 0.9599 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7691 GPIA, in 1998.
UNICEF: West and Central Africa ranks 190th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: West and Central Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.7691 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.7793 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7801 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7881 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7793 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7905 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7985 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8097 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.82 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8387 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8505 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8602 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8729 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8774 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9021 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9146 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9103 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9243 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9154 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9235 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9301 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9378 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9449 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9496 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9534 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9565 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7742 GPIA | 0.7691 GPIA | 0.7793 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8116 GPIA | 0.7793 GPIA | 0.8602 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9108 GPIA | 0.8729 GPIA | 0.9378 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9528 GPIA | 0.9449 GPIA | 0.9599 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: West and Central Africa
- 187 Mozambique 0.9205 GPIA compare
- 188 Mali 0.9201 GPIA compare
- 189 Tajikistan 0.9165 GPIA compare
- 190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9103 GPIA compare
- 191 Cameroon 0.9086 GPIA compare
- 192 Dominica 0.9036 GPIA compare
- 193 Djibouti 0.8951 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: West and Central Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.92 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9224 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5411 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9535 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.20 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in UNICEF: West and Central Africa was 0.9599 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: West and Central Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9599 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7691 GPIA in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: West and Central Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa ranks 190th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: West and Central 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