School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.9971 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 0.9971 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 0.9971 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.365 GPIA, in 1984.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 97th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3989 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4016 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.4154 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.449 GPIA | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4497 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.4457 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.4439 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.4423 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.4784 GPIA | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 0.4746 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.4498 GPIA | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 0.4852 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 0.5191 GPIA | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4163 GPIA | -19.8% |
| 1984 | 0.365 GPIA | -12.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4992 GPIA | +36.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6522 GPIA | +30.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7004 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7014 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.703 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.6959 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7079 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.717 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.7268 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.7331 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.7396 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.7571 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7703 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7703 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7915 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7539 GPIA | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 0.75 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6875 GPIA | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7273 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7375 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7655 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7562 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.731 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7718 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8011 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8164 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8131 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8577 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8674 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8527 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8716 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8626 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8864 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9078 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9275 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9473 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9565 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9754 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9913 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9971 GPIA | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +36.8% | 0.365 GPIA | 0.4992 GPIA |
| 1986 | +30.7% | 0.4992 GPIA | 0.6522 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4399 GPIA | 0.3989 GPIA | 0.4784 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5491 GPIA | 0.365 GPIA | 0.703 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.741 GPIA | 0.6959 GPIA | 0.7915 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7482 GPIA | 0.6875 GPIA | 0.8011 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8663 GPIA | 0.8131 GPIA | 0.9275 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9735 GPIA | 0.9473 GPIA | 0.9971 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 0.9971 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9971 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.365 GPIA in 1984.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 97th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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