School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years) (life) in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years) (life) was 10.35 years in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
10.35 years
Change on year
down 0.8%
Rank
134th
of 221 groups
All-time high
10.43 years
in 2021
All-time low
6.77 years
in 1971
Years of data
53
1970–2022
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) recorded 10.35 years for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 10.43 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.77 years, in 1971.
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 134th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years) (life) in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6.8 years | — |
| 1971 | 6.77 years | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 6.89 years | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 6.86 years | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 6.87 years | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 7.16 years | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 7.29 years | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 7.4 years | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 7.58 years | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 7.82 years | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 7.93 years | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 8.13 years | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 8.08 years | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 8.03 years | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 7.77 years | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 7.58 years | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 7.52 years | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 7.15 years | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 7.13 years | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 7.34 years | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 7.09 years | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 7.52 years | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 7.53 years | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 7.58 years | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 7.62 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 7.79 years | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 7.65 years | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 7.55 years | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 7.47 years | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 7.39 years | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 7.42 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 7.69 years | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 8.03 years | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 8.34 years | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 8.68 years | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 8.99 years | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 9.21 years | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 9.47 years | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 9.84 years | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 9.82 years | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 9.84 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 10.13 years | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 10.04 years | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 10.09 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 10.08 years | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 9.96 years | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 9.94 years | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 10.09 years | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 10.23 years | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 10.31 years | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 10.36 years | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 10.43 years | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 10.35 years | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.14 years | 6.77 years | 7.82 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.67 years | 7.13 years | 8.13 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.52 years | 7.09 years | 7.79 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.75 years | 7.42 years | 9.84 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.07 years | 9.84 years | 10.31 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.38 years | 10.35 years | 10.43 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- 131 Papua New Guinea 10.96 years compare
- 132 Egypt 10.95 years compare
- 133 Zambia 10.93 years compare
- 134 Kenya 10.93 years compare
- 135 Azerbaijan 10.88 years compare
- 136 Philippines 10.86 years compare
- 137 Cayman Islands 10.78 years compare
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.77 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 10.35 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.43 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.77 years in 1971.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 134th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release