School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8471 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8471 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
213th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8471 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.3619 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) stood at 0.8471 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 0.8471 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3619 GPIA, in 1970.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 213th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3619 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.3621 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.3795 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 0.4085 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 0.435 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 0.4441 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.4607 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.4858 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5052 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 0.5154 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.5297 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.5481 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 0.5563 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5563 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5631 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.5865 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 0.6092 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 0.6346 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.6445 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.6528 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.6427 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.6594 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 0.6685 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.6605 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.651 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.6383 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.6733 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 0.6973 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.6473 GPIA | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 0.697 GPIA | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 0.6951 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6965 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5903 GPIA | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6963 GPIA | +18.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6892 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6965 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6942 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7127 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7097 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7263 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7383 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7487 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7626 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7624 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7684 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7709 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7767 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7933 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7988 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7992 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8002 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8106 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8276 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8347 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.8471 GPIA | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4358 GPIA | 0.3619 GPIA | 0.5154 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5881 GPIA | 0.5297 GPIA | 0.6528 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6635 GPIA | 0.6383 GPIA | 0.6973 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6907 GPIA | 0.5903 GPIA | 0.7263 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7719 GPIA | 0.7383 GPIA | 0.7992 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.824 GPIA | 0.8002 GPIA | 0.8471 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- 210 Guinea 0.6546 GPIA compare
- 211 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6334 GPIA compare
- 212 Afghanistan 0.6156 GPIA compare
- 213 Guinea-Bissau 0.551 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 4.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 0.8471 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8471 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3619 GPIA in 1970.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 213th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 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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February 2026 Data Release