School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9084 GPIA in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 0.9084 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 0.9084 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6341 GPIA, in 1970.
That places GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6341 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6398 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.6498 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.6612 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6744 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.6758 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6801 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6961 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.71 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7118 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.721 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7301 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.7322 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.7192 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7138 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7311 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7543 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.768 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7511 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7693 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7641 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.7714 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.7793 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7797 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7811 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.781 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7845 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.788 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.7863 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7963 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8005 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8059 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8019 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8106 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8173 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8272 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8365 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8445 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8553 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8646 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8727 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8683 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8847 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8945 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8956 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9047 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9026 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9084 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6733 GPIA | 0.6341 GPIA | 0.7118 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.739 GPIA | 0.7138 GPIA | 0.7693 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7812 GPIA | 0.7641 GPIA | 0.7963 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8264 GPIA | 0.8005 GPIA | 0.8646 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8914 GPIA | 0.8683 GPIA | 0.9084 GPIA | 8 |
More education data for GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.79 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8454 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.38 million (2021)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 0.9084 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9084 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6341 GPIA in 1970.
- How does GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 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