Madagascar vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, secondary, female

Madagascar
2.52 years
in 2021
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2.71 years
in 2024
Madagascar rank
194th
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank
194th

School life expectancy, secondary, female over time

  • Madagascar
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
0.511.522.5197019972024

How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 2.71 years against 2.52 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.19 years.

That makes WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1971 it was WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

Madagascar ranks 194th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 194th of 213 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.5846 years 0.6609 years 0.0763 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 1.21 years 1.17 years 0.0398 years Madagascar
1990s 1.18 years 1.18 years 0.0092 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 1.77 years 1.78 years 0.0082 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 2.51 years 2.39 years 0.1163 years Madagascar
2020s 2.52 years 2.66 years 0.1399 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, female, Madagascar or WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), at 2.71 years against 2.52 years in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, female between Madagascar and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.19 years, with WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
20 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
How do Madagascar and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
Madagascar ranks 194th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 194th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, 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, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,675 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release