School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8884 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8884 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
172nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.8884 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7003 GPIA
in 1990
Years of data
53
1970–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa recorded 0.8884 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 0.8884 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7003 GPIA, in 1990.
That places UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 172nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7559 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7554 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.7461 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.7413 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.7335 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.7262 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7363 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.7339 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7175 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.7146 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7137 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.7235 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7238 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7287 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7328 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7176 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7154 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7106 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.7123 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7211 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.7003 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 0.717 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7287 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7329 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.7856 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 0.815 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8375 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8303 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.8236 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8101 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.819 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8114 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8266 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8047 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8091 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8056 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8227 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8138 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8156 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8387 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8181 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7926 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.82 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8476 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8348 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8227 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.83 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8464 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8539 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.859 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8776 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8862 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8884 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7361 GPIA | 0.7146 GPIA | 0.7559 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.72 GPIA | 0.7106 GPIA | 0.7328 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7781 GPIA | 0.7003 GPIA | 0.8375 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8167 GPIA | 0.8047 GPIA | 0.8387 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8325 GPIA | 0.7926 GPIA | 0.859 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.884 GPIA | 0.8776 GPIA | 0.8884 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- 169 Burkina Faso 0.6945 GPIA compare
- 170 Nigeria 0.6941 GPIA compare
- 171 Liechtenstein 0.6916 GPIA compare
- 172 Djibouti 0.6718 GPIA compare
- 173 Congo 0.6616 GPIA compare
- 174 Liberia 0.6122 GPIA compare
- 175 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5923 GPIA compare
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 0.8884 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8884 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7003 GPIA in 1990.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 172nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern 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