School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7715 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
0.7715 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
192nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.7715 GPIA
in 2021
All-time low
0.5103 GPIA
in 1990
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 0.7715 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 0.7715 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5103 GPIA, in 1990.
That places MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 192nd 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 MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5805 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.5825 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.5679 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5594 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5524 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.548 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.5451 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5384 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.5262 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.5156 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.515 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.5126 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.5141 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5174 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.5207 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5135 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5158 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.5285 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.5122 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 0.5121 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.5103 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.5271 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.5441 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.5594 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 0.598 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6268 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.6568 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.6684 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.683 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6951 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6962 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.686 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6876 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6733 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6822 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6798 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6846 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6833 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.6798 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.694 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6925 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6829 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7046 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7165 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7119 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7184 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.7297 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7352 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.7459 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7579 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7645 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7715 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5516 GPIA | 0.5156 GPIA | 0.5825 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5162 GPIA | 0.5121 GPIA | 0.5285 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6069 GPIA | 0.5103 GPIA | 0.6951 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6847 GPIA | 0.6733 GPIA | 0.6962 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7196 GPIA | 0.6829 GPIA | 0.7579 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.768 GPIA | 0.7645 GPIA | 0.7715 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- 189 Afghanistan 0.3809 GPIA compare
- 190 Haiti 0.3482 GPIA compare
- 191 Central African Republic 0.3372 GPIA compare
More education data for MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.63 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 0.7715 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7715 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5103 GPIA in 1990.
- How does MDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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