School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9153 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.9153 GPI, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.9153 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7031 GPI, in 1970.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 36th of 43 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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7031 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.7071 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7131 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.7213 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.73 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.7295 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7308 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.7412 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7505 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7511 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7575 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7643 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7645 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7522 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7463 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7619 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.782 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7946 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7809 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8023 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7992 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8066 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8129 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8135 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8144 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.815 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8177 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8173 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8141 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8199 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8197 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8249 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8203 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8267 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8308 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8395 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8481 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8551 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8644 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8726 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8793 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.876 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8927 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.901 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9055 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9112 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9134 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9153 GPI | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7278 GPI | 0.7031 GPI | 0.7511 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7707 GPI | 0.7463 GPI | 0.8023 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8131 GPI | 0.7992 GPI | 0.8199 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8402 GPI | 0.8197 GPI | 0.8726 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8993 GPI | 0.876 GPI | 0.9153 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.43 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9738 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.80 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.9153 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9153 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7031 GPI in 1970.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 36th out of 43 groups with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.