School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109): School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes was 2.28 years in 2021. β² Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), 1970β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) recorded 2.28 years for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in 2021. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) peaked at 2.28 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6888 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7924 years | 0.6888 years | 0.9249 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.18 years | 0.98 years | 1.35 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.25 years | 1.21 years | 1.33 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.66 years | 1.31 years | 2.05 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.14 years | 2.07 years | 2.22 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.27 years | 2.25 years | 2.28 years | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.5% (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.80 million (2021)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.4% (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 8.72 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9.47 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.14 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 21.91 million (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 9.96 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 9.83 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) was 2.28 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.28 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6888 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. 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, secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release