School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9209 GPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
0.9209 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
180th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9209 GPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.566 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
49
1970–2018
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) is 0.9209 GPIA, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 0.9209 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.566 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.566 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5815 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5947 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6092 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6104 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6076 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6073 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6386 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6638 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6659 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6667 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6755 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.6773 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.6442 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 0.6256 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.6704 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7096 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7217 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.69 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7277 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7032 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7159 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7277 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7272 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7369 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7488 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7602 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7614 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7642 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7664 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7661 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7759 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7678 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7786 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7876 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8006 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8099 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8236 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8365 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8494 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8616 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.865 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8901 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8999 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8962 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9003 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8938 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9072 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9209 GPIA | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6145 GPIA | 0.566 GPIA | 0.6659 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6809 GPIA | 0.6256 GPIA | 0.7277 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7412 GPIA | 0.7032 GPIA | 0.7664 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7996 GPIA | 0.7661 GPIA | 0.8494 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8928 GPIA | 0.8616 GPIA | 0.9209 GPIA | 9 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- 177 Central African Republic 0.698 GPIA compare
- 178 Chad 0.68 GPIA compare
- 179 Afghanistan 0.6159 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.54 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.82 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.901 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 0.9209 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9209 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.566 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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