School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
UIS: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9186 GPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
0.9186 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
192nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9186 GPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.6945 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
49
1970–2018
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: 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 UIS: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.9186 GPIA. 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 UIS: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.9186 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6945 GPIA, in 1970.
UIS: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 192nd 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 UIS: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6945 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6986 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7063 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7157 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7255 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7249 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7258 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7369 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.746 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7452 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7522 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.759 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7592 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7463 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7414 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7588 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.7816 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7951 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7797 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.803 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8085 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.8152 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8144 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8155 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8133 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8143 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8147 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8099 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.817 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8169 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8223 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8156 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8228 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8284 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8371 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8451 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8537 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8634 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8725 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8803 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8765 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8929 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9022 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9044 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.91 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9106 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.915 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9186 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7219 GPIA | 0.6945 GPIA | 0.746 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7676 GPIA | 0.7414 GPIA | 0.803 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8123 GPIA | 0.8 GPIA | 0.817 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8378 GPIA | 0.8156 GPIA | 0.8725 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9012 GPIA | 0.8765 GPIA | 0.9186 GPIA | 9 |
More education data for UIS: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.73 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 37.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 40.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.53 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.9186 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9186 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6945 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UIS: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UIS: 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 UIS: 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