School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) was 6.18 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) is 6.18 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 6.48 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.45 years, in 1993.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 31st of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, male (years) (male years) in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4.52 years | — |
| 1971 | 4.51 years | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 4.57 years | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 4.49 years | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 4.61 years | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 4.75 years | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 4.72 years | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 4.71 years | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 4.65 years | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 4.85 years | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 4.99 years | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 5.09 years | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 5.2 years | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 5.24 years | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 5.22 years | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 5.14 years | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 5.14 years | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 5.04 years | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 5.14 years | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 4.98 years | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 4.58 years | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 4.72 years | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 4.49 years | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 4.45 years | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 4.57 years | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 4.69 years | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 4.85 years | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 5.01 years | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 5.14 years | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 5.01 years | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 5.11 years | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 5.21 years | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 5.27 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 5.47 years | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 5.54 years | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 5.85 years | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 5.97 years | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 6.13 years | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 6.28 years | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 6.31 years | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 6.25 years | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 6.25 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 6.28 years | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 6.25 years | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 6.24 years | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 6.11 years | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 6.19 years | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 6.28 years | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 6.34 years | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 6.39 years | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 6.48 years | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 6.4 years | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 6.1 years | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 6.16 years | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 6.18 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.64 years | 4.49 years | 4.85 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.12 years | 4.98 years | 5.24 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.75 years | 4.45 years | 5.14 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.71 years | 5.11 years | 6.31 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.26 years | 6.11 years | 6.39 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.26 years | 6.1 years | 6.48 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.95 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.0143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.01 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.31 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.16 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 6.18 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.48 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.45 years in 1993.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 31st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release