School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): School life expectancy, primary, male was 7.11 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) stood at 7.11 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 7.38 years in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5.38 years, in 1990.
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 5th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.83 years | 5.59 years | 6.3 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.99 years | 5.42 years | 6.54 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.64 years | 5.38 years | 5.88 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.55 years | 5.47 years | 7.38 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.17 years | 6.97 years | 7.37 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.17 years | 7.11 years | 7.24 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- 2 Rwanda 9.45 years compare
- 3 Sierra Leone 9.43 years compare
- 4 Namibia 8.96 years compare
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.91 years compare
- 6 Mozambique 8.82 years compare
- 7 Eswatini 8.43 years compare
- 8 Malawi 8.3 years compare
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.9% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 11.77 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 8.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 36.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 25.51 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 12.76 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 7.11 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.38 years in 2008.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.38 years in 1990.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 5th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release