School life expectancy, primary, male in UNESCO: Sids
UNESCO: Sids: School life expectancy, primary, male was 7.29 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in UNESCO: Sids, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
UNESCO: Sids recorded 7.29 years for school life expectancy, primary, male in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in UNESCO: Sids peaked at 7.54 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.01 years, in 1991.
UNESCO: Sids ranks 4th of 224 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 | 6.23 years | 6.05 years | 6.35 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.16 years | 6.08 years | 6.27 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.23 years | 6.01 years | 6.53 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.3 years | 6.16 years | 6.43 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.37 years | 6.74 years | 7.54 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.31 years | 7.27 years | 7.38 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNESCO: Sids
- 1 Haiti 11.29 years compare
- 2 Rwanda 9.45 years compare
- 3 Sierra Leone 9.43 years compare
- 3 South Africa 7.3 years compare
- 4 Namibia 8.96 years compare
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.91 years compare
- 6 Mozambique 8.82 years compare
- 7 American Samoa 7.1 years compare
- 7 Eswatini 8.43 years compare
More education data for UNESCO: Sids
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.15 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 397,920 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 4.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 3.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.63 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, male in UNESCO: Sids?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in UNESCO: Sids was 7.29 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The highest recorded value was 7.54 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.01 years in 1991.
- How does UNESCO: Sids rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- UNESCO: Sids ranks 4th out of 224 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in UNESCO: Sids?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNESCO: Sids 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