School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 7.24 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1998β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) recorded 7.24 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 7.27 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6.02 years, in 1998.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 211th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.18 years | 6.02 years | 6.34 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.81 years | 6.4 years | 7.27 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.07 years | 6.89 years | 7.27 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.14 years | 7.05 years | 7.25 years | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 31.31 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 15.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 15.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.82 million (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 29.54 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 7.24 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.27 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.02 years in 1998.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release