Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity was 1.09 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 1.09 GPI for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in 2018.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 1.1 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9448 GPI, in 1971.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9448 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.9528 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.9641 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.9549 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.9625 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.9729 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.9733 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.9764 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9747 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.9733 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.9677 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.9727 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.9615 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9605 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9586 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.9535 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9579 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.9837 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.9801 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.9829 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9812 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9737 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9685 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9732 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.9665 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.9644 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9756 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9806 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9693 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9732 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9643 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9602 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9697 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9731 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9813 GPI | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9845 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9986 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.02 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 1.08 GPI | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1.09 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.1 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.09 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.09 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.09 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9641 GPI | 0.9448 GPI | 0.9764 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9669 GPI | 0.9535 GPI | 0.9837 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9736 GPI | 0.9644 GPI | 0.9829 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9816 GPI | 0.9602 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.1 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (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)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 1.09 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9448 GPI in 1971.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female survival rate to the last grade of primary education to the male survival rate to the last grade of primary education. 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.