El Salvador vs SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female

El Salvador
9.53 years
in 2024
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
8.68 years
in 2024
El Salvador rank
176th
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank
176th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female over time

  • El Salvador
  • SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 9.53 years against 8.68 years in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, a difference of 0.85 years.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times SDG: Sub-saharan Africa's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 176th and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 176th of 208 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador SDG: Sub-saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 6.89 years 3.95 years 2.93 years El Salvador
1980s 8.02 years 5.32 years 2.7 years El Salvador
1990s 8.51 years 5.5 years 3.01 years El Salvador
2000s 10.66 years 6.84 years 3.82 years El Salvador
2010s 10.38 years 8.25 years 2.13 years El Salvador
2020s 9.52 years 8.63 years 0.8855 years El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female, El Salvador or SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
El Salvador, at 9.53 years against 8.68 years in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female between El Salvador and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
0.85 years, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
El Salvador ranks 176th and SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 176th of 208 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 15,518 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release