School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9307 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9307 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
180th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9307 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.5836 GPIA
in 1984
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) stood at 0.9307 GPIA. 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 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 0.9307 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5836 GPIA, in 1984.
That places WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 180th 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 WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6736 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.6725 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6707 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6773 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6777 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.6684 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.661 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.656 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6558 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6454 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.6371 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6431 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.649 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.608 GPIA | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 0.5836 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 0.6401 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 0.707 GPIA | +10.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7304 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7337 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.7395 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7515 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7644 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.783 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.7916 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7974 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8145 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8162 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8139 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8068 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8033 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.7887 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7826 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7635 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7705 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7677 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.7746 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7743 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7665 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7879 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8023 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8149 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8217 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8449 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8582 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8595 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8675 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8714 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8813 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8905 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8978 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.908 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9131 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9209 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9278 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9307 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6658 GPIA | 0.6454 GPIA | 0.6777 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6671 GPIA | 0.5836 GPIA | 0.7395 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7943 GPIA | 0.7515 GPIA | 0.8162 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7779 GPIA | 0.7635 GPIA | 0.8023 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8608 GPIA | 0.8149 GPIA | 0.8978 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9201 GPIA | 0.908 GPIA | 0.9307 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.34 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) was 0.9307 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9307 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5836 GPIA in 1984.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 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