School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9894 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) stood at 0.9894 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 0.9894 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5695 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 97th 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 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6207 GPIA | 0.5695 GPIA | 0.6747 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6918 GPIA | 0.6333 GPIA | 0.7441 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.754 GPIA | 0.7187 GPIA | 0.7749 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8115 GPIA | 0.775 GPIA | 0.865 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9179 GPIA | 0.877 GPIA | 0.9577 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9807 GPIA | 0.9704 GPIA | 0.9894 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 31.31 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 15.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 15.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.82 million (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 29.54 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 0.9894 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: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9894 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5695 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 97th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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