School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9752 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.9752 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
149th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9752 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.8148 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
53
1970–2022
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa recorded 0.9752 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2022. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 0.9752 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8148 GPIA, in 1970.
That places UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 149th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8148 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.815 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.8159 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.8176 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.823 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.826 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8219 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.8286 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.8383 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.8374 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.847 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8524 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.8539 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8572 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.864 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8718 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.878 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8745 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8735 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8874 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.9021 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9067 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.9107 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.913 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.9121 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8967 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8858 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8817 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8707 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.871 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8741 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8785 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8804 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8836 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8881 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8962 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.905 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9069 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9145 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9235 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9277 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9229 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9301 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9391 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9469 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9456 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.953 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9545 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9553 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9588 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9635 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9697 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9752 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8238 GPIA | 0.8148 GPIA | 0.8383 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.866 GPIA | 0.847 GPIA | 0.8874 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.895 GPIA | 0.8707 GPIA | 0.913 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8951 GPIA | 0.8741 GPIA | 0.9235 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9434 GPIA | 0.9229 GPIA | 0.9588 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9695 GPIA | 0.9635 GPIA | 0.9752 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- 146 Russian Federation 0.9877 GPIA compare
- 147 Philippines 0.9872 GPIA compare
- 148 Bulgaria 0.9872 GPIA compare
- 149 Nicaragua 0.9869 GPIA compare
- 150 Kazakhstan 0.986 GPIA compare
- 151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9846 GPIA compare
- 152 Iceland 0.9844 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 0.9752 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9752 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8148 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 149th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern 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