School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9597 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9597 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
170th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9597 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7046 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) recorded 0.9597 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9597 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7046 GPIA, in 1970.
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 170th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7046 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7083 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.7162 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7255 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7351 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7346 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7356 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7464 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7557 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7546 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7615 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7682 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7685 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7561 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7513 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7692 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7919 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8052 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7919 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8146 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8124 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8205 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.827 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8263 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8254 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8232 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8241 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8241 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8187 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8242 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8252 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.831 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8261 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8339 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8386 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8479 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8566 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8649 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8751 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8847 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.892 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8894 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9056 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9155 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9185 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9242 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9238 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9285 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9383 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9447 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9498 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9544 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9574 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9597 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7316 GPIA | 0.7046 GPIA | 0.7557 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7778 GPIA | 0.7513 GPIA | 0.8146 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8226 GPIA | 0.8124 GPIA | 0.827 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8484 GPIA | 0.8252 GPIA | 0.8847 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9168 GPIA | 0.8894 GPIA | 0.9383 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9532 GPIA | 0.9447 GPIA | 0.9597 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- 167 Germany 0.9722 GPIA compare
- 168 United Arab Emirates 0.9716 GPIA compare
- 169 Hong Kong, China 0.9713 GPIA compare
- 170 Liberia 0.9713 GPIA compare
- 171 Indonesia 0.9698 GPIA compare
- 172 Georgia 0.968 GPIA compare
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9672 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.34 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.9597 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9597 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7046 GPIA in 1970.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 170th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release