School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
UIS: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9586 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9586 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
177th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9586 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6989 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UIS: Sub-saharan Africa recorded 0.9586 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9586 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6989 GPIA, in 1970.
That places UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 177th 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 UIS: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6989 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7028 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7111 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7209 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7309 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7304 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7315 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.743 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.7529 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.752 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7593 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7663 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7665 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7537 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7487 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7672 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7906 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8045 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7905 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8142 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8118 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8201 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8268 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.826 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.825 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8228 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8237 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8236 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8177 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8234 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8244 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8304 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.824 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8322 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.837 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8462 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8552 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8647 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8748 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8845 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8919 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8891 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9062 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9159 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9188 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9241 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9232 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9274 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9313 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9365 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9433 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9485 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9532 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9563 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9586 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7274 GPIA | 0.6989 GPIA | 0.7529 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7761 GPIA | 0.7487 GPIA | 0.8142 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8221 GPIA | 0.8118 GPIA | 0.8268 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8473 GPIA | 0.824 GPIA | 0.8845 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9164 GPIA | 0.8891 GPIA | 0.9365 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.952 GPIA | 0.9433 GPIA | 0.9586 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 37.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 40.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.73 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.50 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.53 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9586 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9586 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6989 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UIS: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 177th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: 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