School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7723 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.7723 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
189th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7723 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.5123 GPIA
in 1990
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 0.7723 GPIA, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.7723 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5123 GPIA, in 1990.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 189th of 221 groups on this measure, 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5813 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5833 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.5687 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5601 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5531 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.5486 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.5457 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5389 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.5267 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.5162 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.5158 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.5135 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5151 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5186 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.5221 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5149 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5178 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5309 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.5143 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 0.5141 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.5123 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.5288 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5459 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.5615 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.6001 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 0.629 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.6591 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.6711 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6856 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6978 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6985 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6879 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6889 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.6745 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6832 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6809 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6858 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6843 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.681 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6953 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6935 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6843 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.7061 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7179 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7131 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.7195 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.7308 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7363 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7468 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7587 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7653 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7723 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5523 GPIA | 0.5162 GPIA | 0.5833 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5177 GPIA | 0.5135 GPIA | 0.5309 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6091 GPIA | 0.5123 GPIA | 0.6978 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.686 GPIA | 0.6745 GPIA | 0.6985 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7207 GPIA | 0.6843 GPIA | 0.7587 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7688 GPIA | 0.7653 GPIA | 0.7723 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- 186 Mali 0.4113 GPIA compare
- 187 Sierra Leone 0.4024 GPIA compare
- 188 Chad 0.3919 GPIA compare
- 189 Afghanistan 0.3809 GPIA compare
- 190 Haiti 0.3482 GPIA compare
- 191 Central African Republic 0.3372 GPIA compare
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 38.99 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 100.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 80.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 40.06 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.7723 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7723 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5123 GPIA in 1990.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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