School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9594 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9594 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
173rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9594 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7052 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 0.9594 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.9594 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7052 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 173rd of 221 groups on this measure, 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7052 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7089 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.7168 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7261 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7357 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7351 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7361 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7471 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7563 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7552 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7621 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7688 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.769 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7565 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7517 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7697 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7924 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8058 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7923 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8151 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8128 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8208 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8273 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8266 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8256 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8234 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8243 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8241 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8184 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8238 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8248 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8307 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8257 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8335 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8381 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8475 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8562 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8646 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8747 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8843 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8917 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8892 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9055 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9154 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9184 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.924 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9235 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9282 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9321 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9379 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9445 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9496 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9542 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9572 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9594 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7322 GPIA | 0.7052 GPIA | 0.7563 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7783 GPIA | 0.7517 GPIA | 0.8151 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8227 GPIA | 0.8128 GPIA | 0.8273 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.848 GPIA | 0.8248 GPIA | 0.8843 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9166 GPIA | 0.8892 GPIA | 0.9379 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.953 GPIA | 0.9445 GPIA | 0.9594 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.51 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.62 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.9594 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9594 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7052 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 173rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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