School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7469 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0.7469 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.7469 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5157 GPI, in 1990.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6808 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6771 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.656 GPI | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6406 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6282 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6173 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6089 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.5968 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5793 GPI | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.5625 GPI | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.5561 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.544 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.5393 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.5384 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5383 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.5302 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5302 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.5419 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.5222 GPI | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 0.519 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.5157 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.5323 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5498 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.5636 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.5962 GPI | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6135 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.6334 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.653 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.677 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6994 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7007 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6921 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6985 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.6845 GPI | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6945 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6976 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7044 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7003 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.692 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.6986 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6936 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.681 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7045 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7138 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7095 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7169 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7287 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7353 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.7469 GPI | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6247 GPI | 0.5625 GPI | 0.6808 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5359 GPI | 0.519 GPI | 0.5561 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6034 GPI | 0.5157 GPI | 0.6994 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6963 GPI | 0.6845 GPI | 0.7044 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7145 GPI | 0.681 GPI | 0.7469 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.7469 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7469 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5157 GPI in 1990.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.