School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9497 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.9497 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
162nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9497 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.6689 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) recorded 0.9497 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% 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 ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) peaked at 0.9497 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6689 GPIA, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 162nd out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6689 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6716 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.6804 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6895 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6996 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6996 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7031 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7136 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.7228 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7277 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.7353 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7437 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7471 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7405 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.7392 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.756 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7738 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7852 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7754 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7976 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8003 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8096 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.819 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.82 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8208 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8238 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8185 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.8265 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8265 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8356 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8377 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8437 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8399 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.847 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8514 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8592 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8661 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8713 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8821 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8891 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8961 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8923 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9065 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9149 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9176 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9235 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9255 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9297 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9342 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9448 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9497 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6977 GPIA | 0.6689 GPIA | 0.7277 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7594 GPIA | 0.7353 GPIA | 0.7976 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8201 GPIA | 0.8003 GPIA | 0.8356 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8588 GPIA | 0.8377 GPIA | 0.8891 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9181 GPIA | 0.8923 GPIA | 0.9408 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9472 GPIA | 0.9448 GPIA | 0.9497 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
More education data for ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9.24 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) was 0.9497 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9497 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6689 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) ranks 162nd out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 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