School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9198 GPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
0.9198 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
189th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9198 GPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.7021 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
49
1970–2018
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 0.9198 GPIA, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.9198 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7021 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 189th of 221 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7021 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.706 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7133 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7223 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7315 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7308 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7316 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7422 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7506 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7495 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.756 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7624 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7626 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7501 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7453 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7623 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7844 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7974 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7826 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.805 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8021 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8102 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8167 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8159 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.817 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8149 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8158 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8161 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8114 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8183 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8183 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8235 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8183 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8249 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8304 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8392 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8471 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8546 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8642 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8734 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8812 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8773 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8932 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9028 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9049 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9106 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9115 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9164 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9198 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.728 GPIA | 0.7021 GPIA | 0.7506 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7708 GPIA | 0.7453 GPIA | 0.805 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8138 GPIA | 0.8021 GPIA | 0.8183 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8394 GPIA | 0.8183 GPIA | 0.8734 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.902 GPIA | 0.8773 GPIA | 0.9198 GPIA | 9 |
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.51 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.62 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.9198 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9198 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7021 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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