School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 9.33 years in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) is 9.33 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) peaked at 9.33 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.99 years, in 1970.
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 168th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.52 years | 2.99 years | 4.53 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.29 years | 4.75 years | 5.55 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.8 years | 5.36 years | 6.36 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.09 years | 6.54 years | 7.59 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4 years | 7.77 years | 8.83 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.12 years | 8.97 years | 9.33 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
- 165 Guinea 7.76 years compare
- 166 Burkina Faso 7.68 years compare
- 167 Nigeria 7.66 years compare
- 168 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 7.61 years compare
- 169 Zambia 7.3 years compare
- 170 Eritrea, The State of 7.01 years compare
- 171 Sudan 6.81 years compare
More education data for ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 25.62 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 26.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.25 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 48.93 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 45.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 22.23 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) was 9.33 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.33 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.99 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 168th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release