School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.6851 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
0.6851 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.2%
Rank
209th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6851 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.2594 GPIA
in 1973
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) recorded 0.6851 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) peaked at 0.6851 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2594 GPIA, in 1973.
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) ranks 209th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2749 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.2741 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.2643 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.2594 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.2596 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.265 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.2679 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.2798 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 0.2816 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2883 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.2914 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.2957 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3048 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.3058 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.3106 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.3131 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.3195 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3435 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.308 GPIA | -10.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2995 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.3262 GPIA | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 0.3549 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 0.3844 GPIA | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 0.4115 GPIA | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 0.445 GPIA | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 0.4783 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5133 GPIA | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 0.5444 GPIA | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 0.5781 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6154 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6183 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6098 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.6021 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.5924 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.6087 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6155 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6098 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6084 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.6053 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6202 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.6127 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.604 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.599 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.6082 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6065 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6208 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6305 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6312 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6441 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.67 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6851 GPIA | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2715 GPIA | 0.2594 GPIA | 0.2883 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3092 GPIA | 0.2914 GPIA | 0.3435 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4651 GPIA | 0.3262 GPIA | 0.6154 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6091 GPIA | 0.5924 GPIA | 0.6202 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6227 GPIA | 0.599 GPIA | 0.67 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6851 GPIA | 0.6851 GPIA | 0.6851 GPIA | 1 |
More education data for ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 31.31 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 15.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 15.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.82 million (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 29.54 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) was 0.6851 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6851 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2594 GPIA in 1973.
- How does ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) ranks 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 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