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

Madagascar
2.38 years
in 2021
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2.92 years
in 2024
Madagascar rank
198th
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank
198th

School life expectancy, secondary, male over time

  • Madagascar
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
11.522.53197019972024

How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 2.92 years against 2.38 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.54 years.

That makes WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has been ahead every year.

Madagascar ranks 198th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 198th of 213 countries.

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8411 years 0.981 years 0.1399 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 1.36 years 1.59 years 0.2368 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 1.23 years 1.58 years 0.3478 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 1.85 years 2.28 years 0.4255 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 2.51 years 2.76 years 0.2477 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2020s 2.38 years 2.91 years 0.5285 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, male, Madagascar or WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), at 2.92 years against 2.38 years in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, male between Madagascar and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.54 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, male?
Madagascar ranks 198th and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 198th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, male (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, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,674 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release