School life expectancy, primary, female in Gambia, The
Gambia, The: School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.58 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Gambia, The, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, school life expectancy, primary, female in Gambia, The stood at 6.58 years. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Gambia, The peaked at 6.58 years in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.7895 years, in 1972.
That places Gambia, The 44th out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9799 years | 0.7895 years | 1.27 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 2.22 years | 1.45 years | 2.6 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 3.08 years | 2.58 years | 4.02 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.38 years | 4.04 years | 4.59 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.19 years | 4.45 years | 6.14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.43 years | 6.28 years | 6.58 years | 6 |
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More education data for Gambia, The
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,495 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Gambia, The?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Gambia, The was 6.58 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Gambia, The?
- The highest recorded value was 6.58 years in 2025.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Gambia, The?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7895 years in 1972.
- How does Gambia, The rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Gambia, The ranks 44th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Gambia, The?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia, The 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