School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.8707 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8707 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
215th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8707 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6274 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 0.8707 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 0.8707 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6274 GPIA, in 1971.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 215th 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6281 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6274 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6427 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.652 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6618 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6653 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.6771 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.6783 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.684 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6936 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7035 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.7099 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7127 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.71 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7144 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7206 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.7307 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7383 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7363 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.7365 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.737 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7424 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7661 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7583 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7541 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7431 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7405 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7473 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.719 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.7325 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.7516 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7673 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7398 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7682 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7686 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7663 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7664 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7827 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7796 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7854 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7947 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7985 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8176 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8169 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8186 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.825 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8287 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8294 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8345 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8342 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8356 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8398 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8527 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.86 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.8707 GPIA | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.661 GPIA | 0.6274 GPIA | 0.6936 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7213 GPIA | 0.7035 GPIA | 0.7383 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.744 GPIA | 0.719 GPIA | 0.7661 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7676 GPIA | 0.7398 GPIA | 0.7854 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8198 GPIA | 0.7947 GPIA | 0.8345 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8517 GPIA | 0.8356 GPIA | 0.8707 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 4.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 0.8707 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8707 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6274 GPIA in 1971.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release