School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 8.55 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
8.55 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
193rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
8.87 years
in 2014
All-time low
3.87 years
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) stood at 8.55 years.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 8.87 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3.87 years, in 1971.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 193rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.89 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.87 years | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 4 years | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 4.13 years | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 4.4 years | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 4.5 years | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 4.68 years | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 4.76 years | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 4.92 years | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 5 years | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 5.16 years | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 5.27 years | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 5.38 years | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 5.53 years | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 5.57 years | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 5.66 years | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 5.83 years | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 5.99 years | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 6.17 years | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 5.85 years | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 5.99 years | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 6.01 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 5.83 years | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 5.69 years | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 5.53 years | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 5.4 years | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 5.18 years | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 5.38 years | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 5.33 years | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 5.34 years | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 5.7 years | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 6.39 years | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 6.15 years | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 6.37 years | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 6.41 years | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 6.42 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 6.34 years | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 6.78 years | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 7.16 years | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 7.53 years | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 7.83 years | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 8.14 years | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 8.46 years | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 8.72 years | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 8.87 years | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 8.85 years | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 8.72 years | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 8.27 years | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 8.17 years | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 8.13 years | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 8.13 years | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 8.26 years | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 8.4 years | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 8.49 years | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 8.55 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.42 years | 3.87 years | 5 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.64 years | 5.16 years | 6.17 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.57 years | 5.18 years | 6.01 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.52 years | 5.7 years | 7.53 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.42 years | 7.83 years | 8.87 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.36 years | 8.13 years | 8.55 years | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 4.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 8.55 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.87 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.87 years in 1971.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 193rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release