School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Congo
Congo: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 10.2 years in 2012. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Congo, 1971–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Congo is 10.2 years, measured in 2012.
That represents a change of up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Congo peaked at 12.11 years in 1982 and was at its lowest, 6.61 years, in 1971.
That places Congo 145th out of 193 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.77 years | 6.61 years | 10.53 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 11.59 years | 10.73 years | 12.11 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 9.72 years | 9.34 years | 10.04 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 8.49 years | 7.94 years | 9.2 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.2 years | 10.2 years | 10.2 years | 1 |
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More education data for Congo
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 23,019 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.11 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 86.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Congo?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Congo was 10.2 years in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 12.11 years in 1982.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.61 years in 1971.
- How does Congo rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Congo ranks 145th out of 193 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.