School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106): School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes was 3.18 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) is 3.18 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) peaked at 3.18 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9027 years, in 1970.
ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) ranks 166th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9027 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.9066 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.9478 years | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 0.9777 years | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 1 years | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 1.05 years | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 1.11 years | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 1.17 years | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 1.23 years | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 1.3 years | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 1.37 years | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 1.45 years | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 1.53 years | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 1.61 years | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 1.7 years | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 1.75 years | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 1.73 years | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 1.75 years | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 1.76 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.73 years | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 1.8 years | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 1.8 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1.79 years | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1.82 years | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 1.88 years | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1.88 years | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1.86 years | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.88 years | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.91 years | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.94 years | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1.97 years | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 2.04 years | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 2.09 years | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 2.13 years | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 2.21 years | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 2.23 years | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 2.27 years | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 2.28 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 2.4 years | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 2.51 years | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 2.62 years | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 2.73 years | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 2.78 years | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 2.92 years | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 2.86 years | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.9 years | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2.89 years | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2.93 years | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 2.96 years | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 3.01 years | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 3.06 years | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 3.11 years | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 3.13 years | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 3.16 years | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 3.18 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.06 years | 0.9027 years | 1.3 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.64 years | 1.37 years | 1.76 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.86 years | 1.79 years | 1.94 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.21 years | 1.97 years | 2.51 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.86 years | 2.62 years | 3.01 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.13 years | 3.06 years | 3.18 years | 5 |
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More education data for ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) was 3.18 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.18 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9027 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release