School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9575 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9575 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
178th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9575 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6367 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 0.9575 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 0.9575 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6367 GPIA, in 1970.
That places GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 178th 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 GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6367 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6424 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.6531 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6649 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.6786 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6801 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6845 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.701 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7158 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7177 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7273 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7368 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.7389 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.726 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7205 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.739 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7627 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7768 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7614 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7803 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7754 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7829 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.7906 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7909 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7915 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7911 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7944 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7974 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.7946 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8031 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8084 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8143 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8105 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8203 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8262 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8369 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.847 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.856 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8674 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8774 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8852 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8826 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8996 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9099 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9122 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9215 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9178 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9235 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9282 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9347 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9413 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9467 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9518 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.955 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9575 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6775 GPIA | 0.6367 GPIA | 0.7177 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.747 GPIA | 0.7205 GPIA | 0.7803 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7912 GPIA | 0.7754 GPIA | 0.8031 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8364 GPIA | 0.8084 GPIA | 0.8774 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9115 GPIA | 0.8826 GPIA | 0.9347 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9505 GPIA | 0.9413 GPIA | 0.9575 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.79 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8454 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.38 million (2021)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 0.9575 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9575 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6367 GPIA in 1970.
- How does GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 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