School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.7488 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) is 0.7488 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 0.7488 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.516 GPI, in 1990.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 37th out of 43 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6758 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6753 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6541 GPI | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.639 GPI | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6268 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6162 GPI | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6077 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.5962 GPI | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.5789 GPI | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.5624 GPI | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.5562 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.5441 GPI | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.5393 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 0.5385 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.5383 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.5304 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5303 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.5421 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.5223 GPI | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 0.5192 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.516 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.5328 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5504 GPI | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.5643 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.5968 GPI | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 0.6143 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.6342 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6536 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6775 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6998 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7012 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6941 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6994 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.6853 GPI | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6954 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6988 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7055 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7019 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.6939 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.7005 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6956 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6832 GPI | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7067 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7156 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7111 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7186 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7303 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7373 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7488 GPI | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6232 GPI | 0.5624 GPI | 0.6758 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5361 GPI | 0.5192 GPI | 0.5562 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.604 GPI | 0.516 GPI | 0.6998 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6976 GPI | 0.6853 GPI | 0.7055 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7164 GPI | 0.6832 GPI | 0.7488 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.80 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9738 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.43 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 0.7488 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7488 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.516 GPI in 1990.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 37th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.