School life expectancy, primary and lower … life both sexes lower in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): School life expectancy, primary and lower … life both sexes lower was 7.22 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) recorded 7.22 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 7.22 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.37 years, in 1998.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 210th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower … life both sexes lower in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5.37 years | — |
| 1999 | 5.65 years | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 5.87 years | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 5.74 years | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 5.94 years | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 6.06 years | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 6.41 years | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 6.55 years | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 6.67 years | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 6.33 years | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 6.2 years | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 6.39 years | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 6.52 years | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 6.72 years | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 6.83 years | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 7.06 years | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 6.96 years | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 6.83 years | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 6.8 years | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 6.87 years | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 6.86 years | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 6.94 years | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 6.98 years | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 6.99 years | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 7.07 years | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 7.21 years | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 7.22 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.51 years | 5.37 years | 5.65 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.22 years | 5.74 years | 6.67 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.84 years | 6.52 years | 7.06 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.09 years | 6.98 years | 7.22 years | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.54 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.82 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.901 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 7.22 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: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.22 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.37 years in 1998.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 210th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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