School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas): School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.6851 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) peaked at 0.6851 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2594 GPIA, in 1973.
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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 UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), 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 UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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 UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6851 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2594 GPIA in 1973.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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