School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: West and Central Africa
UNICEF: West and Central Africa: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9067 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9067 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
196th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9067 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.4043 GPIA
in 1984
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: West and Central Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: West and Central Africa stood at 0.9067 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: West and Central Africa peaked at 0.9067 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4043 GPIA, in 1984.
That places UNICEF: West and Central Africa 196th 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: West and Central Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4311 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4328 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.445 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.4687 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 0.4701 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.461 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4542 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.4492 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.4644 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 0.4601 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.4546 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.4759 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 0.4971 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4378 GPIA | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 0.4043 GPIA | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 0.4943 GPIA | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5891 GPIA | +19.2% |
| 1987 | 0.6245 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 0.6275 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.6276 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.6228 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6319 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.6397 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.6422 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.6409 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.6791 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6883 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.6949 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6948 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7057 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.6907 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6921 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6591 GPIA | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 0.6819 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6897 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.705 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6996 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6882 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.719 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 0.7404 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7584 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7572 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.7924 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8111 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8008 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8189 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8159 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8307 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8441 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8581 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.871 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8782 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8926 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9045 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9067 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4536 GPIA | 0.4311 GPIA | 0.4701 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5233 GPIA | 0.4043 GPIA | 0.6276 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.664 GPIA | 0.6228 GPIA | 0.7057 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6966 GPIA | 0.6591 GPIA | 0.7404 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8088 GPIA | 0.7572 GPIA | 0.8581 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8906 GPIA | 0.871 GPIA | 0.9067 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: West and Central Africa
- 193 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8831 GPIA compare
- 194 Angola 0.8712 GPIA compare
- 195 Djibouti 0.8668 GPIA compare
- 196 Congo 0.8658 GPIA compare
- 197 Liechtenstein 0.8618 GPIA compare
- 198 Togo 0.8591 GPIA compare
- 199 Papua New Guinea 0.8558 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: West and Central Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.92 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9224 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5411 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9535 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.20 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.11 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: West and Central Africa was 0.9067 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9067 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4043 GPIA in 1984.
- How does UNICEF: West and Central Africa rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa ranks 196th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: West and Central Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: West and Central 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