School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9383 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 0.9383 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2018.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.9397 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8244 GPI, in 1998.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 39th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8288 GPI | — |
| 1998 | 0.8244 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8289 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8306 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8376 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8344 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8402 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8465 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8561 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8662 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8775 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.888 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8971 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9053 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9032 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9195 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9274 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9324 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9397 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9377 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9388 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9383 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8274 GPI | 0.8244 GPI | 0.8289 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8574 GPI | 0.8306 GPI | 0.8971 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9269 GPI | 0.9032 GPI | 0.9397 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7795 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7648 GPIA (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, male 2.57 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.9383 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9397 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8244 GPI in 1998.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 39th out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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, primary and lower secondary, 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.