School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.8804 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8804 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
219th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8804 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6311 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) is 0.8804 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 0.8804 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6311 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6311 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6315 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6472 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6579 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6671 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.671 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.684 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6857 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.6919 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.7022 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.7132 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7179 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7217 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7204 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7247 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7299 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7402 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7493 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.7463 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7468 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.7459 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7519 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7766 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.7697 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.7652 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7534 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7502 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7566 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.7268 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 0.7417 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7593 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.7757 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7453 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.7734 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7757 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7741 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7744 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7903 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7856 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.7921 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8062 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8237 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.823 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8257 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8306 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8328 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8363 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8395 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8404 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8445 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8518 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.8634 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8707 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.8804 GPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.667 GPIA | 0.6311 GPIA | 0.7022 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7311 GPIA | 0.7132 GPIA | 0.7493 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7538 GPIA | 0.7268 GPIA | 0.7766 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7746 GPIA | 0.7453 GPIA | 0.7921 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8258 GPIA | 0.8 GPIA | 0.8404 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8621 GPIA | 0.8445 GPIA | 0.8804 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 4.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 0.8804 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8804 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6311 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release