School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): School life expectancy, primary, male was 5.4 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 5.4 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 5.95 years in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.99 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 165th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.52 years | 2.99 years | 4.87 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.23 years | 4.51 years | 5.84 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.9 years | 4.41 years | 5.45 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.56 years | 5.11 years | 5.95 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.27 years | 5.14 years | 5.48 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3 years | 5.18 years | 5.4 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- 162 Yemen, Republic of 4.97 years compare
- 163 Comoros, Union of the 4.96 years compare
- 164 Lebanon 4.93 years compare
- 165 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.9 years compare
- 166 Uzbekistan, Republic of 4.88 years compare
- 167 Martinique 4.87 years compare
- 168 Eritrea, The State of 4.86 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, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 5.4 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.95 years in 2005.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.99 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 165th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release