School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Sub-saharan Africa
WB: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Sub-saharan Africa, 1997–2024
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: Sub-saharan Africa is 0.9728 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9728 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8228 GPIA, in 1998.
That places WB: Sub-saharan Africa 154th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.828 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8228 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8283 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8301 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8374 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8344 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8407 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8477 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8575 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8674 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8789 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8893 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8987 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9068 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9038 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 | 0.9443 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9496 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9549 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9615 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9674 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9704 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9728 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8264 GPIA | 0.8228 GPIA | 0.8283 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8582 GPIA | 0.8301 GPIA | 0.8987 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9299 GPIA | 0.9038 GPIA | 0.9496 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9654 GPIA | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9728 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Sub-saharan Africa
- 151 Liechtenstein 0.9826 GPIA compare
- 152 Kazakhstan 0.9811 GPIA compare
- 153 Armenia 0.9808 GPIA compare
- 154 Samoa 0.9807 GPIA compare
- 155 Philippines 0.9798 GPIA compare
- 156 Angola 0.9795 GPIA compare
- 157 Namibia 0.9781 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.55 % 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in WB: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9728 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8228 GPIA in 1998.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 154th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in WB: 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 WB: 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