School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9256 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 0.9256 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9257 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7032 GPI, in 1970.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7032 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7072 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7139 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.7226 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7317 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7314 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7329 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7439 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.754 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7547 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7616 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7688 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7693 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7571 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7512 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7679 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7891 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8021 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7889 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8117 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8086 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.816 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8222 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8227 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8223 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8227 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.825 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.824 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8198 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.825 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8257 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8313 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8262 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8337 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8378 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8468 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8556 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8636 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8735 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8824 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8894 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8877 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9041 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9123 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9177 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9238 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9243 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9257 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9256 GPI | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7295 GPI | 0.7032 GPI | 0.7547 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7768 GPI | 0.7512 GPI | 0.8117 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8208 GPI | 0.8086 GPI | 0.825 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8477 GPI | 0.8257 GPI | 0.8824 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9123 GPI | 0.8877 GPI | 0.9257 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.9256 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9257 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7032 GPI in 1970.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.