School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.22 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 5.22 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 5.22 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.75 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 171st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.36 years | 1.75 years | 3.6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.96 years | 3.49 years | 4.35 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.81 years | 3.53 years | 4.22 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.64 years | 4.36 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.91 years | 4.68 years | 5.18 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.11 years | 5.01 years | 5.22 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- 168 Réunion 4.79 years compare
- 169 Burkina Faso 4.76 years compare
- 170 San Marino, Republic of 4.74 years compare
- 171 Uzbekistan, Republic of 4.71 years compare
- 172 Mongolia 4.65 years compare
- 173 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.64 years compare
- 174 Sri Lanka 4.58 years compare
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.94 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 12.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.23 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 29.27 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.86 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 5.22 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.22 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.75 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 171st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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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February 2026 Data Release