School life expectancy, primary, male in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: School life expectancy, primary, male was 3.01 years in 2015. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, male in Equatorial Guinea, 1971β2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in Equatorial Guinea is 3.01 years, measured in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 12.2% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 6.18 years in 1994 and was at its lowest, 3.01 years, in 2015.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 210th of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.98 years | 4.57 years | 5.39 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.86 years | 5.54 years | 6.18 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.83 years | 3.12 years | 4.78 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.32 years | 3.01 years | 3.48 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More education data for Equatorial Guinea
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 47.5% (2015)
- Primary education, teachers 4,021 (2015)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.12 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 47.5% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in Equatorial Guinea?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in Equatorial Guinea was 3.01 years in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6.18 years in 1994.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.01 years in 2015.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 210th out of 212 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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