School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.18 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.18 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
56th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.18 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7449 GPIA
in 1990
Years of data
46
1979–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 1.18 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 1.18 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7449 GPIA, in 1990.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 56th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.7708 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.7664 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7866 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.7936 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.8127 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.8191 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8173 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.8046 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7932 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7744 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7768 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.7449 GPIA | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7767 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7898 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.7774 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8599 GPIA | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8988 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9288 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9269 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9211 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.9089 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9143 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.917 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9212 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9193 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.937 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9465 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.971 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9614 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9762 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9899 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9915 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.986 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.05 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 1.1 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 1.09 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.1 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.12 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.13 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.13 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.15 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.15 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.17 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.18 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.18 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7708 GPIA | 0.7708 GPIA | 0.7708 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.7945 GPIA | 0.7664 GPIA | 0.8191 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8533 GPIA | 0.7449 GPIA | 0.9288 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9454 GPIA | 0.9143 GPIA | 0.9899 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 GPIA | 0.986 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 GPIA | 1.15 GPIA | 1.18 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.02 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.01 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 17.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 5.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 1.18 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7449 GPIA in 1990.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 56th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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