School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9674 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern is 0.9674 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 0.9674 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8507 GPIA, in 1998.
That places WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 171st out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8563 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8507 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8641 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8652 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8669 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8661 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.868 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.875 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8827 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8916 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.895 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.905 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9156 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9214 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9132 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9217 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9315 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9374 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9461 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9475 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9464 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9443 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9472 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9504 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9579 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9648 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9674 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.857 GPIA | 0.8507 GPIA | 0.8641 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8831 GPIA | 0.8652 GPIA | 0.9156 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9357 GPIA | 0.9132 GPIA | 0.9475 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9601 GPIA | 0.9504 GPIA | 0.9674 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
More education data for WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.71 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.23 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.92 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.91 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.18 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 46.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern was 0.9674 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9674 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8507 GPIA in 1998.
- How does WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 171st out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 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