School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9201 GPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
0.9201 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
187th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9201 GPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.7016 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
49
1970–2018
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.9201 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is 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 MDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9201 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7016 GPIA, in 1970.
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 187th 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 MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7016 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7056 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7128 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7217 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.731 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7304 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7312 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7416 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.749 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7555 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7618 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7621 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7496 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7449 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7618 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7838 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7968 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7821 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.8044 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8016 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8098 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8163 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8156 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8167 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8146 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8156 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.816 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8116 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8185 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8185 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8237 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8185 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8252 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8307 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8396 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8474 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8549 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8645 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8736 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8814 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8774 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8932 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9028 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9049 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9107 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9116 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9166 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9201 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7275 GPIA | 0.7016 GPIA | 0.75 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7703 GPIA | 0.7449 GPIA | 0.8044 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8136 GPIA | 0.8016 GPIA | 0.8185 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8397 GPIA | 0.8185 GPIA | 0.8736 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9021 GPIA | 0.8774 GPIA | 0.9201 GPIA | 9 |
More education data for MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9201 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9201 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7016 GPIA in 1970.
- How does MDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 187th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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