School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9304 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9304 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
183rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9304 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5844 GPIA
in 1984
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 0.9304 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.9304 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5844 GPIA, in 1984.
That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6744 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6733 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6714 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6781 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6786 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6694 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.662 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6571 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.657 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6466 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.6382 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6443 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.6501 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6089 GPIA | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 0.5844 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 0.641 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.708 GPIA | +10.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7315 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7348 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7406 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7524 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7653 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7837 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.7924 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7981 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8151 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8171 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8147 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8071 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8036 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7888 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7826 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7634 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7703 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7675 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7744 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7742 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7663 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7877 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8023 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8149 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8218 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8451 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8582 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8596 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8675 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8714 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8811 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8902 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8974 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9076 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9127 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9206 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9275 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9304 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6668 GPIA | 0.6466 GPIA | 0.6786 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6682 GPIA | 0.5844 GPIA | 0.7406 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7949 GPIA | 0.7524 GPIA | 0.8171 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7778 GPIA | 0.7634 GPIA | 0.8023 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8607 GPIA | 0.8149 GPIA | 0.8974 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9198 GPIA | 0.9076 GPIA | 0.9304 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 38.99 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 100.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 80.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 40.06 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.9304 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9304 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5844 GPIA in 1984.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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