School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa
UNICEF: Africa: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9447 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9447 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
166th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9447 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5989 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Africa recorded 0.9447 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa peaked at 0.9447 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5989 GPIA, in 1971.
That places UNICEF: Africa 166th 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 UNICEF: Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5993 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5989 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6022 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6123 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6177 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6124 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.6165 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6198 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6255 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6275 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.6265 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.6369 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.6478 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.625 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.6126 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.657 GPIA | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7067 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7251 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7329 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7414 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.7596 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7755 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.7964 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.805 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8095 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8309 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8341 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8367 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8398 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8444 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.838 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8349 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8183 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8247 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8222 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8285 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8268 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8175 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8317 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8428 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8507 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8567 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8736 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8826 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8857 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8912 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.894 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9015 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9095 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9158 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9237 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9276 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9342 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9409 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9447 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6132 GPIA | 0.5989 GPIA | 0.6275 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6712 GPIA | 0.6126 GPIA | 0.7414 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8132 GPIA | 0.7596 GPIA | 0.8444 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8285 GPIA | 0.8175 GPIA | 0.8428 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8861 GPIA | 0.8507 GPIA | 0.9158 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9342 GPIA | 0.9237 GPIA | 0.9447 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Africa
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 50.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Africa was 0.9447 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9447 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5989 GPIA in 1971.
- How does UNICEF: Africa rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Africa ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Africa 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