School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)
ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9977 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9977 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
75th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9977 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6094 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) stood at 0.9977 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) peaked at 0.9977 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6094 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 75th 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.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6094 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6097 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6201 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6304 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6405 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6428 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6566 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6688 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6772 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.6914 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6996 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7113 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.724 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.7367 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.748 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.762 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.7737 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7822 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7813 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.799 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8149 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8227 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8397 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.8475 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8482 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8689 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8422 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8771 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8951 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9131 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9244 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9344 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9437 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9505 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.957 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9588 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9583 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9651 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9624 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9628 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9613 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9649 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9674 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9723 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9736 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9746 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9783 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9811 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9881 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9875 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9863 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9897 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9919 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9977 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6447 GPIA | 0.6094 GPIA | 0.6914 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7518 GPIA | 0.6996 GPIA | 0.799 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8569 GPIA | 0.8149 GPIA | 0.9131 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9515 GPIA | 0.9244 GPIA | 0.9651 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9724 GPIA | 0.9613 GPIA | 0.9881 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9906 GPIA | 0.9863 GPIA | 0.9977 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)
More education data for ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.06 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 12.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 17.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 15.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 7.59 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) was 0.9977 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: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9977 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6094 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) ranks 75th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 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