School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9201 GPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) is 0.9201 GPIA, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9201 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7015 GPIA, in 1970.
That places WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2018, putting it 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7015 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7054 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7127 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7216 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7309 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7303 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7311 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7415 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.75 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7489 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7554 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 | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.8044 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8016 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8098 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8164 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 | 0.8253 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8307 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8396 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8475 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8549 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8645 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8736 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8814 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8774 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8933 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9028 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.905 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 | 0.7274 GPIA | 0.7015 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.34 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7015 GPIA in 1970.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 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