School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9257 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 0.9257 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.9258 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7043 GPI, in 1970.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th of 43 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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7043 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7082 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7148 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.7234 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7325 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7322 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7336 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7445 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7546 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7553 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7621 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7693 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7698 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7576 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7516 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7683 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7894 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8025 GPI | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7893 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8121 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.809 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8164 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8225 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8231 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8227 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.823 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8254 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8244 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8202 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8254 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.826 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8316 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8265 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8339 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.838 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.847 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8558 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8638 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8737 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8825 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8895 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8878 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9042 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9123 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9178 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9238 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9243 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9258 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9257 GPI | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7304 GPI | 0.7043 GPI | 0.7553 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7772 GPI | 0.7516 GPI | 0.8121 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8212 GPI | 0.809 GPI | 0.8254 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8479 GPI | 0.826 GPI | 0.8825 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9124 GPI | 0.8878 GPI | 0.9258 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 34 San Marino 1.03 GPI compare
- 35 Tuvalu 1.03 GPI compare
- 36 British Virgin Islands 1.03 GPI compare
- 37 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPI compare
- 38 Sweden 1.03 GPI compare
- 39 Bahamas 1.03 GPI compare
- 40 Philippines 1.03 GPI compare
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.43 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, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9738 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.80 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.9257 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9258 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7043 GPI in 1970.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 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 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.