School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes was 12.1 years in 2022. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Cape Verde, 1972–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 12.1 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in 2022.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Cape Verde peaked at 12.31 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.71 years, in 1972.
That places Cape Verde 80th out of 213 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 4.71 years | — |
| 1980 | 6.55 years | +38.9% |
| 1981 | 6.58 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 6.47 years | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 6.42 years | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 6.92 years | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 7.11 years | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 7.26 years | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 7.54 years | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 8.37 years | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 10.95 years | +30.8% |
| 2001 | 10.76 years | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 11.05 years | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 11.01 years | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 10.84 years | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 10.96 years | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 11.63 years | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 11.45 years | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 11.47 years | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 11.34 years | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 11.4 years | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 11.58 years | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 11.82 years | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 12.18 years | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 12.22 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 12.27 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 12.31 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 12.26 years | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 12.14 years | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 12.09 years | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 12.23 years | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 12.15 years | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 12.1 years | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.71 years | 4.71 years | 4.71 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 6.76 years | 6.42 years | 7.26 years | 7 |
| 1990s | 7.96 years | 7.54 years | 8.37 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.15 years | 10.76 years | 11.63 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.03 years | 11.4 years | 12.31 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.16 years | 12.1 years | 12.23 years | 3 |
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More education data for Cape Verde
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,031 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Cape Verde?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Cape Verde was 12.1 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 12.31 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.71 years in 1972.
- How does Cape Verde rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
- Cape Verde ranks 80th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release