School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: West and Central Africa
UNICEF: West and Central Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9409 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9409 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
196th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9409 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5679 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: West and Central Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: West and Central Africa is 0.9409 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: West and Central Africa peaked at 0.9409 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5679 GPIA, in 1970.
That places UNICEF: West and Central Africa 196th 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 UNICEF: West and Central Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5679 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.578 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 0.5949 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 0.6119 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.6214 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6159 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6205 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6422 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6601 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6637 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6686 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.6788 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.6824 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.6595 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6476 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6718 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.7017 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7284 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7032 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7292 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7098 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7234 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7354 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.735 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7343 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7434 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.7532 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7569 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7573 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7694 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.77 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7758 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.764 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7765 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.7828 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7932 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8017 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8145 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8268 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8385 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8504 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.852 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8784 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8909 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8883 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9017 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8933 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9016 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9087 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9176 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9259 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9305 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9348 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.938 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9409 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6177 GPIA | 0.5679 GPIA | 0.6637 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6871 GPIA | 0.6476 GPIA | 0.7292 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7418 GPIA | 0.7098 GPIA | 0.7694 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7944 GPIA | 0.764 GPIA | 0.8385 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8883 GPIA | 0.8504 GPIA | 0.9176 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.934 GPIA | 0.9259 GPIA | 0.9409 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: West and Central Africa
- 193 Equatorial Guinea 0.913 GPIA compare
- 194 Mali 0.911 GPIA compare
- 195 Cameroon 0.9062 GPIA compare
- 196 Liechtenstein 0.9061 GPIA compare
- 197 Benin 0.8996 GPIA compare
- 198 Djibouti 0.8888 GPIA compare
- 199 Tajikistan 0.8783 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: West and Central Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.92 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9224 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5411 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9535 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.20 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: West and Central Africa was 0.9409 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: West and Central Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9409 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5679 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: West and Central Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa ranks 196th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: West and Central 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