School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9471 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.9471 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
186th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9471 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.7666 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
53
1970–2022
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern recorded 0.9471 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2022. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 0.9471 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7666 GPIA, in 1971.
That places WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7667 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7666 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.772 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.7796 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.7907 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7891 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7891 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.796 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.8032 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.8024 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.8145 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.8219 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.825 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8294 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.837 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.8327 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.838 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.8521 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8461 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8592 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.8727 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.8759 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.8798 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8816 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8751 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8637 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8571 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8568 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8498 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8603 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8602 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8609 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8598 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8631 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8672 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8742 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8817 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8836 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8926 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9016 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9071 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9006 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9097 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9204 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9264 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9335 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9372 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9355 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9331 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9355 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9387 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9432 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9471 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7855 GPIA | 0.7666 GPIA | 0.8032 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8356 GPIA | 0.8145 GPIA | 0.8592 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8673 GPIA | 0.8498 GPIA | 0.8816 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8745 GPIA | 0.8598 GPIA | 0.9016 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9239 GPIA | 0.9006 GPIA | 0.9372 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.943 GPIA | 0.9387 GPIA | 0.9471 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
More education data for WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.71 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.23 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.92 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.91 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.18 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 46.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern was 0.9471 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9471 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7666 GPIA in 1971.
- How does WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 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