School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 7.19 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) is 7.19 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) peaked at 7.2 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.29 years, in 1996.
That places ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 213th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.37 years | — |
| 1996 | 5.29 years | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 5.48 years | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 5.63 years | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 5.81 years | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 5.96 years | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 5.88 years | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 6.02 years | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 6.09 years | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 6.32 years | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 6.51 years | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 6.6 years | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 6.38 years | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 6.31 years | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 6.49 years | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 6.58 years | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 6.69 years | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 6.82 years | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 7 years | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 6.92 years | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 6.84 years | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 6.84 years | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 6.87 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 6.89 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 6.97 years | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 7.01 years | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 7.04 years | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 7.04 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7.2 years | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 7.19 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.52 years | 5.29 years | 5.81 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.26 years | 5.88 years | 6.6 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.84 years | 6.58 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1 years | 7.01 years | 7.2 years | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 25.62 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 26.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.25 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 22.23 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 45.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 23.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) was 7.19 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.29 years in 1996.
- How does ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 213th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release