School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9487 GPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
0.9487 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
166th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9487 GPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.8117 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
49
1970–2018
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa recorded 0.9487 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 0.9487 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.8117 GPIA, in 1970.
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 166th 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 UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8117 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.812 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.8129 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.8145 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.8197 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.8226 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8191 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.8257 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.834 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.8338 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.8427 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8484 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.85 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.8523 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.8591 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8663 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.8719 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.8685 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.867 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8811 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.895 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.8999 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.9034 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.905 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.9076 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8918 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8809 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8769 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8665 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8668 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8699 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8737 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.876 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8779 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8827 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8907 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8997 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.901 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9084 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9176 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9219 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9143 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9227 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9323 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9388 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9375 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9454 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9486 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9487 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8206 GPIA | 0.8117 GPIA | 0.834 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8607 GPIA | 0.8427 GPIA | 0.8811 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8894 GPIA | 0.8665 GPIA | 0.9076 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8898 GPIA | 0.8699 GPIA | 0.9176 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9345 GPIA | 0.9143 GPIA | 0.9487 GPIA | 9 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 0.9487 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9487 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8117 GPIA in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern 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