School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Somalia
Somalia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 0.9798 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Somalia, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Somalia is 0.9798 years, measured in 2023.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Somalia peaked at 1.62 years in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.2679 years, in 1971.
Somalia ranks 208th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Somalia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.2679 years | — |
| 1972 | 0.3122 years | +16.5% |
| 1973 | 0.4131 years | +32.3% |
| 1974 | 0.544 years | +31.7% |
| 1976 | 1.43 years | +163.8% |
| 1977 | 1.54 years | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 1.55 years | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1.62 years | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1.5 years | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 1.45 years | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 1.4 years | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 1.3 years | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 1.29 years | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.12 years | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9832 years | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 1.21 years | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9798 years | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9605 years | 0.2679 years | 1.62 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 1.29 years | 0.9832 years | 1.5 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.21 years | 1.21 years | 1.21 years | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.9798 years | 0.9798 years | 0.9798 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 205 Niger 5.13 years compare
- 206 Guinea-Bissau 4.49 years compare
- 207 Equatorial Guinea 4.48 years compare
More education data for Somalia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,870 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 50.8% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 20.92 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 20.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Somalia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Somalia was 0.9798 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 years in 1979.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2679 years in 1971.
- How does Somalia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Somalia ranks 208th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Somalia 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