School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 11.27 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 11.27 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 11.27 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.11 years, in 1979.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 147th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 7.11 years | — |
| 1980 | 7.42 years | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 7.61 years | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 7.64 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 7.58 years | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 7.51 years | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 7.45 years | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 7.53 years | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 7.51 years | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 7.43 years | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 8.12 years | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 8.15 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 8.38 years | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 8.51 years | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 8.53 years | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 8.61 years | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 8.84 years | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 8.68 years | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 8.6 years | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 8.57 years | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 8.62 years | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 8.43 years | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 8.69 years | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 8.81 years | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 9 years | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 9.25 years | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 9.51 years | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 9.71 years | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 9.95 years | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 10.27 years | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 10.34 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 10.46 years | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 10.48 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 10.7 years | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 10.97 years | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 11.17 years | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 11.16 years | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 11.17 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 11.15 years | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 11.14 years | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 11.19 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 11.18 years | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 11.23 years | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 11.22 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 11.2 years | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 11.27 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.11 years | 7.11 years | 7.11 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 7.58 years | 7.42 years | 8.12 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.55 years | 8.15 years | 8.84 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.4 years | 8.43 years | 10.34 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.96 years | 10.46 years | 11.19 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.22 years | 11.18 years | 11.27 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.02 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.01 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 17.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 5.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 11.27 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.27 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.11 years in 1979.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 147th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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