School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9661 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.9661 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
151st
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.07 GPIA
in 1970
All-time low
0.8993 GPIA
in 2015
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 0.9661 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 1.07 GPIA in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.8993 GPIA, in 2015.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 151st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.07 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 1 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.9912 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.9839 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.9782 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.9714 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.9472 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.9418 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.9379 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.9487 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.9435 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.9397 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.9907 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9944 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.01 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.9998 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9903 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9669 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9648 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9594 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9533 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9535 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9583 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9476 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9489 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9385 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9313 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9384 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.931 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9326 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9305 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9316 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9361 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8993 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9337 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9409 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9474 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9415 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9586 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9685 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9673 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.965 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9661 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.04 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9584 GPIA | 0.9379 GPIA | 0.9912 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 0.9669 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9494 GPIA | 0.9313 GPIA | 0.9648 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9325 GPIA | 0.8993 GPIA | 0.9474 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9651 GPIA | 0.9586 GPIA | 0.9685 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.02 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.01 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 17.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 5.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.9661 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPIA in 1970.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8993 GPIA in 2015.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 151st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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