School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): School life expectancy, secondary, female was 2.71 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.71 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
189th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.71 years
in 2024
All-time low
0.6313 years
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 2.71 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 2.71 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6313 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6313 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.6354 years | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.6606 years | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 0.6821 years | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6939 years | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.7157 years | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 0.738 years | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 0.7597 years | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.7994 years | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 0.8348 years | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 0.8819 years | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9473 years | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 1.01 years | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 1.02 years | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 1.05 years | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 1.14 years | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 1.15 years | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 1.18 years | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 1.19 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.17 years | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1.19 years | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 1.22 years | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 1.25 years | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1.28 years | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 1.31 years | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 1.34 years | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 1.34 years | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.34 years | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.34 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.35 years | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1.35 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.41 years | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1.44 years | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.5 years | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 1.58 years | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 1.63 years | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 1.69 years | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 1.73 years | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1.86 years | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 1.98 years | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 2.1 years | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 2.18 years | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 2.27 years | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 2.43 years | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 2.37 years | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 2.42 years | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.41 years | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2.46 years | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 2.49 years | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 2.55 years | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.61 years | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 2.66 years | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2.67 years | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2.71 years | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 2.71 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7151 years | 0.6313 years | 0.8348 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.07 years | 0.8819 years | 1.19 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.29 years | 1.19 years | 1.35 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.62 years | 1.35 years | 1.98 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.37 years | 2.1 years | 2.55 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.67 years | 2.61 years | 2.71 years | 5 |
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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, secondary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 2.71 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.71 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6313 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 189th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. 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, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release