School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa
WB: Sub-saharan Africa: 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
168th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9597 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7047 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.9597 GPIA. 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 peaked at 0.9597 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7047 GPIA, in 1970.
WB: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 168th 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, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7047 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7084 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.7163 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7256 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7352 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7347 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7357 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7465 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7558 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7547 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7616 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 | 0.7693 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7919 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8053 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7919 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8147 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8125 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 | 0.8233 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8242 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 | 0.9186 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 | 0.7317 GPIA | 0.7047 GPIA | 0.7558 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7779 GPIA | 0.7513 GPIA | 0.8147 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8226 GPIA | 0.8125 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
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (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 42.35 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 26.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7047 GPIA in 1970.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 168th 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?
- 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 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