School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109): School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.17 years in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) recorded 5.17 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2023.
The figure is down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) peaked at 5.8 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.87 years, in 1970.
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 177th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.35 years | 1.87 years | 2.92 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.33 years | 3.08 years | 3.43 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.34 years | 2.98 years | 3.98 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.92 years | 4.24 years | 5.62 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.53 years | 5.33 years | 5.72 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.42 years | 5.17 years | 5.8 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
More education data for ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.5% (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.80 million (2021)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.4% (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 8.72 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9.47 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.14 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 21.91 million (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 9.96 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 9.83 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) was 5.17 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.87 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 177th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release