School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) was 7.89 years in 2013. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), 1970–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) is 7.89 years, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) peaked at 7.89 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2.48 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2013, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.48 years | — |
| 1971 | 2.53 years | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 2.6 years | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 2.68 years | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 3.11 years | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 3.24 years | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 3.33 years | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 3.42 years | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 3.45 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 3.76 years | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 3.97 years | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 4.11 years | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 4.26 years | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 4.34 years | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 4.38 years | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 4.46 years | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 4.52 years | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 4.67 years | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 4.71 years | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 4.7 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 4.57 years | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 4.47 years | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 4.26 years | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 4.18 years | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 4.24 years | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 4.23 years | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 4.34 years | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 4.85 years | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 5.15 years | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 5.19 years | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 5.49 years | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 5.73 years | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 5.88 years | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 6.14 years | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 6.26 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 6.6 years | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 6.92 years | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 7.22 years | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 7.61 years | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 7.73 years | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 7.77 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 7.76 years | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 7.88 years | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 7.89 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.06 years | 2.48 years | 3.76 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.41 years | 3.97 years | 4.71 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.55 years | 4.18 years | 5.19 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.56 years | 5.49 years | 7.73 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.82 years | 7.76 years | 7.89 years | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.62 million (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.96 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.90 million (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 471,371 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.58 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.80 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42.53 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6253 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.14 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) was 7.89 years in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.89 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.48 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2013.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 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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February 2026 Data Release