School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.629 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.629 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
218th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.629 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.2694 GPIA
in 1972
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) recorded 0.629 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) peaked at 0.629 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2694 GPIA, in 1972.
That places ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 218th out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2763 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.2816 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 0.2694 GPIA | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 0.2772 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.2888 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2954 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2911 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.2806 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2753 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.2786 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3014 GPIA | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 0.3009 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.3112 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 0.3192 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.319 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.3101 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.3266 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3269 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.336 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.3406 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.345 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.3428 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.3555 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.3676 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.3729 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3711 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.3788 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.3882 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.4043 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 0.4078 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4165 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4059 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4389 GPIA | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4366 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4422 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4471 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4565 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4668 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4743 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5001 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.5145 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5366 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5643 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5549 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.57 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5765 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5956 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6108 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6131 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6188 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.624 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.629 GPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2814 GPIA | 0.2694 GPIA | 0.2954 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3192 GPIA | 0.3009 GPIA | 0.3406 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3734 GPIA | 0.3428 GPIA | 0.4078 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4485 GPIA | 0.4059 GPIA | 0.5001 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5755 GPIA | 0.5145 GPIA | 0.6188 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6265 GPIA | 0.624 GPIA | 0.629 GPIA | 2 |
More education data for ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 12.51 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.95 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 12.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 41.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 32.35 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 16.12 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) was 0.629 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.629 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2694 GPIA in 1972.
- How does ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 218th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release