School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 11.4 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
11.4 years
Change on year
up 0.6%
Rank
144th
of 221 groups
All-time high
11.97 years
in 2015
All-time low
7.85 years
in 1979
Years of data
46
1979–2024
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 11.4 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 11.97 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.85 years, in 1979.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 144th 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, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 7.85 years | — |
| 1980 | 8.13 years | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 8.2 years | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 8.2 years | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 8.14 years | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 8.11 years | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 8 years | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 8.1 years | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 8.06 years | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 8 years | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 8.62 years | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 8.5 years | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 8.75 years | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 8.92 years | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 8.97 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 9.01 years | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 9.36 years | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 9.25 years | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 9.21 years | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 9.23 years | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 9.34 years | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 9.2 years | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 9.45 years | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 9.6 years | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 9.79 years | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 10.01 years | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 10.28 years | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 10.46 years | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 10.75 years | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 11.09 years | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 11.12 years | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 11.25 years | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 11.69 years | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 11.72 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 11.83 years | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 11.88 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 11.97 years | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 11.73 years | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 11.63 years | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 11.6 years | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 11.61 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 11.51 years | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 11.48 years | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 11.41 years | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 11.33 years | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 11.4 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.85 years | 7.85 years | 7.85 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 8.16 years | 8 years | 8.62 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.05 years | 8.5 years | 9.36 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.18 years | 9.2 years | 11.12 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.69 years | 11.25 years | 11.97 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.42 years | 11.33 years | 11.51 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 329,590 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.1548 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 11.4 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.97 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.85 years in 1979.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release