School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Congo
Congo: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8658 GPIA in 2012. β² Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Congo, 1971β2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Congo is 0.8658 GPIA, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Congo peaked at 0.8658 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.43 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Congo 191st out of 207 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5434 GPIA | 0.43 GPIA | 0.6289 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7403 GPIA | 0.6367 GPIA | 0.8165 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.7705 GPIA | 0.7678 GPIA | 0.7752 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7589 GPIA | 0.6878 GPIA | 0.8449 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8658 GPIA | 0.8658 GPIA | 0.8658 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 188 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8831 GPIA compare
- 189 Angola 0.8712 GPIA compare
- 190 Djibouti 0.8668 GPIA compare
- 192 Liechtenstein 0.8618 GPIA compare
- 193 Togo 0.8591 GPIA compare
- 194 Papua New Guinea 0.8558 GPIA compare
More education data for Congo
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 23,019 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.11 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 86.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Congo?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Congo was 0.8658 GPIA in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8658 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.43 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Congo rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Congo ranks 191st out of 207 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release