School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9589 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9589 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
176th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9589 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6984 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa recorded 0.9589 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9589 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6984 GPIA, in 1970.
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 176th 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 SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6984 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7023 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7106 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7203 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7304 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7299 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.731 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7424 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.7522 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7514 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7587 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7657 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.766 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7533 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7483 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7668 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.79 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.8038 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.79 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8136 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8114 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8197 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8264 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8257 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8247 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8226 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8235 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8235 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8179 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8236 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8246 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8306 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8243 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8325 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8374 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8466 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8555 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8651 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8751 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8848 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8921 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8893 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9062 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9159 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9189 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9242 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9234 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9277 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9316 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9369 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9434 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9486 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9534 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9564 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9589 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7269 GPIA | 0.6984 GPIA | 0.7522 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7756 GPIA | 0.7483 GPIA | 0.8136 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8219 GPIA | 0.8114 GPIA | 0.8264 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8476 GPIA | 0.8243 GPIA | 0.8848 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9166 GPIA | 0.8893 GPIA | 0.9369 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9521 GPIA | 0.9434 GPIA | 0.9589 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 40.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12.63 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 37.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 191.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8202 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 78.55 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9589 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9589 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6984 GPIA in 1970.
- How does SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 176th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: 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