School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea
Eritrea: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 8.03 years in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea, 1995–2015
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 8.03 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2015.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea peaked at 8.72 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5.22 years, in 1995.
That places Eritrea 173rd out of 183 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.45 years | 5.22 years | 5.88 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 7.24 years | 6.5 years | 8.15 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 8.26 years | 8.03 years | 8.72 years | 3 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.7% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 12,025 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.68 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea was 8.03 years in 2015, 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 8.72 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.22 years in 1995.
- How does Eritrea rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Eritrea ranks 173rd out of 183 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.