School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: 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, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa 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 peaked at 0.9397 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8247 GPI, in 1998.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th 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, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8291 GPI | — |
| 1998 | 0.8247 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8292 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8308 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8379 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8346 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8404 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8467 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8563 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8664 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8776 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8881 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8972 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9054 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9033 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9196 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9275 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9325 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9397 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9377 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9389 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9383 GPI | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8277 GPI | 0.8247 GPI | 0.8292 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8576 GPI | 0.8308 GPI | 0.8972 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.927 GPI | 0.9033 GPI | 0.9397 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.03 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.81 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.22 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.78 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.767 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?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Sub-Saharan Africa 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8247 GPI in 1998.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 37th 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?
- 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 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.