School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9894 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9894 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
97th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9894 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5695 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) stood at 0.9894 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) peaked at 0.9894 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5695 GPIA, in 1970.
That places UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 97th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5695 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5857 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.5998 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6149 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.6165 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6138 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6139 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6462 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 0.6722 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6747 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.6754 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6854 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.6866 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6524 GPIA | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 0.6333 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.6808 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7217 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7335 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7046 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7441 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7187 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7312 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7425 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.741 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.762 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7737 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7735 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.7749 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7727 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.775 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7852 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7781 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.79 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7971 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8111 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8223 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8385 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8523 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.865 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.877 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8813 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9109 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9215 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9193 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9228 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9144 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9296 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9446 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9577 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9704 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9765 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9815 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9855 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9894 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6207 GPIA | 0.5695 GPIA | 0.6747 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6918 GPIA | 0.6333 GPIA | 0.7441 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.754 GPIA | 0.7187 GPIA | 0.7749 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8115 GPIA | 0.775 GPIA | 0.865 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9179 GPIA | 0.877 GPIA | 0.9577 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9807 GPIA | 0.9704 GPIA | 0.9894 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
More education data for UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) was 0.9894 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9894 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5695 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 97th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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