School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9597 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9597 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
171st
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9597 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7047 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.9597 GPIA. 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 MDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9597 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7047 GPIA, in 1970.
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 171st 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 MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7047 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7084 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.7163 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7256 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7352 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7346 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7357 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7465 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7557 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7546 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7615 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7682 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7685 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7561 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7513 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7693 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7919 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8052 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7919 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8146 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8124 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8205 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.827 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8263 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8254 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8232 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8241 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8241 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8186 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8242 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8251 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8309 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.826 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8338 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8385 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8479 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8565 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8649 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8751 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8846 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.892 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8894 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9056 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9155 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9185 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9242 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9237 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9285 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9383 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9446 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9497 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9544 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9573 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9597 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7317 GPIA | 0.7047 GPIA | 0.7557 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7779 GPIA | 0.7513 GPIA | 0.8146 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8226 GPIA | 0.8124 GPIA | 0.827 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8484 GPIA | 0.8251 GPIA | 0.8846 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9168 GPIA | 0.8894 GPIA | 0.9383 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9532 GPIA | 0.9446 GPIA | 0.9597 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- 168 United Arab Emirates 0.9716 GPIA compare
- 169 Hong Kong, China 0.9713 GPIA compare
- 170 Liberia 0.9713 GPIA compare
- 171 Indonesia 0.9698 GPIA compare
- 172 Georgia 0.968 GPIA compare
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9672 GPIA compare
- 174 Serbia 0.9645 GPIA compare
More education data for MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9597 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9597 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7047 GPIA in 1970.
- How does MDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 171st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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