School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9152 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 0.9152 GPI. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9152 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7022 GPI, in 1970.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 45 groups on this measure, 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, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7022 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7062 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7123 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.7204 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.7293 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.7288 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7301 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7405 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7499 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7505 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7569 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7638 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.764 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7518 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7459 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7614 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7816 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7942 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7804 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8019 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7987 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8063 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8125 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8131 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8141 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8147 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8173 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8169 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8137 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8196 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8194 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8246 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.82 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8265 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8306 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8393 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8479 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8549 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8642 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8724 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8791 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8758 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8926 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9009 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9054 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9111 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9133 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9152 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.727 GPI | 0.7022 GPI | 0.7505 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7702 GPI | 0.7459 GPI | 0.8019 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8127 GPI | 0.7987 GPI | 0.8196 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.84 GPI | 0.8194 GPI | 0.8724 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8992 GPI | 0.8758 GPI | 0.9152 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.9152 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9152 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7022 GPI in 1970.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.