School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 9.95 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Côte d'Ivoire, 1971–2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Côte d'Ivoire recorded 9.95 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 16.6% over five years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Côte d'Ivoire peaked at 9.95 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4.44 years, in 1971.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 158th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Côte d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 4.44 years | — |
| 1972 | 4.51 years | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 4.68 years | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 4.75 years | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 4.96 years | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 5.39 years | +8.6% |
| 1978 | 5.46 years | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 5.77 years | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 6.03 years | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 6.28 years | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 6.08 years | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 5.95 years | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 5.77 years | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 6.58 years | +14.1% |
| 2014 | 8.54 years | +29.7% |
| 2015 | 8.89 years | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 9.48 years | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 9.95 years | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 years | 4.44 years | 5.77 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 6.02 years | 5.77 years | 6.28 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 6.58 years | 6.58 years | 6.58 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 9.22 years | 8.54 years | 9.95 years | 4 |
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More education data for Côte d'Ivoire
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 149,137 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.28 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.82 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1509 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Côte d'Ivoire?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Côte d'Ivoire was 9.95 years in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Côte d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 9.95 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Côte d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.44 years in 1971.
- How does Côte d'Ivoire rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 158th out of 183 countries with data for 2017.
- Where does this Côte d'Ivoire data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.