School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 9.74 years in 2022. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1970β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2022, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) stood at 9.74 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 9.79 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.38 years, in 1971.
That places ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 142nd out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.81 years | 5.38 years | 6.48 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.67 years | 6.32 years | 6.98 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.75 years | 6.45 years | 6.94 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.78 years | 6.63 years | 8.81 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.22 years | 8.86 years | 9.59 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.74 years | 9.69 years | 9.79 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- 139 Ghana 10.68 years compare
- 140 Seychelles 10.67 years compare
- 141 Azerbaijan 10.65 years compare
- 142 Malawi 10.63 years compare
- 143 Bangladesh 10.61 years compare
- 144 Belarus 10.55 years compare
- 145 Paraguay 10.47 years compare
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.9% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.77 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 8.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 36.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 25.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.74 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 9.74 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.79 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.38 years in 1971.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 142nd out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release