School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9191 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
Latest (2015)
0.9191 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
190th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9191 GPIA
in 2015
All-time low
0.639 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
46
1970–2015
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), 1970–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) recorded 0.9191 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2015. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) peaked at 0.9191 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.639 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 190th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.639 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6415 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.6533 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6675 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6896 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6913 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6958 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.7074 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.7231 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7292 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7439 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7502 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7533 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.761 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.7742 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7627 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7712 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7912 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7826 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7906 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7988 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8055 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8116 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8167 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8091 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.796 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7911 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7974 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.7935 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8144 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8205 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.82 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8177 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8221 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8271 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8374 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8477 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8542 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8667 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8762 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8838 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8867 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8956 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9044 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9059 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9191 GPIA | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6838 GPIA | 0.639 GPIA | 0.7292 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7681 GPIA | 0.7439 GPIA | 0.7912 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8034 GPIA | 0.7911 GPIA | 0.8167 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.839 GPIA | 0.8177 GPIA | 0.8762 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8992 GPIA | 0.8838 GPIA | 0.9191 GPIA | 6 |
More education data for ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.5 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.43 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.95 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.58 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.51 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9236 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.67 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) was 0.9191 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9191 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.639 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 190th out of 221 groups with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 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