School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Sudan
Sudan: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female was 6.94 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Sudan, 2001–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 6.94 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in 2017. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Sudan peaked at 6.94 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4.83 years, in 2001.
That places Sudan 185th out of 193 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.39 years | 4.83 years | 6.05 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.32 years | 5.81 years | 6.94 years | 8 |
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More education data for Sudan
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 72.4 (2019)
- School enrollment, primary 72.4% (2019)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.26 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Sudan?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female in Sudan was 6.94 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 6.94 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.83 years in 2001.
- How does Sudan rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
- Sudan ranks 185th out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.