School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 8.76 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 8.76 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 8.76 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.57 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.57 years | — |
| 1971 | 3.61 years | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 3.72 years | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 3.8 years | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 3.95 years | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 4.06 years | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 4.14 years | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 4.36 years | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 4.64 years | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 4.95 years | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 5.18 years | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 5.43 years | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 5.61 years | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 5.62 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 5.57 years | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 5.53 years | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 5.4 years | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 5.4 years | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 5.34 years | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 5.41 years | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 5.36 years | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 5.48 years | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 5.47 years | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 5.51 years | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 5.53 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5.56 years | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5.45 years | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 5.66 years | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 5.79 years | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 5.88 years | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 6.05 years | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 6.2 years | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 6.4 years | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 6.66 years | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 6.93 years | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 7.19 years | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 7.42 years | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 7.53 years | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 7.78 years | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 7.98 years | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 8.12 years | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 8.27 years | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 8.48 years | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 8.72 years | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 8.64 years | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 8.6 years | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 8.6 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 8.69 years | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 8.76 years | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.08 years | 3.57 years | 4.95 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.45 years | 5.18 years | 5.62 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.57 years | 5.36 years | 5.88 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.01 years | 6.05 years | 7.98 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.54 years | 8.12 years | 8.76 years | 9 |
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 38.99 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 100.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 80.81 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 40.06 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 8.76 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.76 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.57 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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