School life expectancy, secondary, female in Eswatini
Eswatini: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 4.29 years in 2016. β² Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Eswatini, 1970β2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 4.29 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2016. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 56.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Eswatini peaked at 4.29 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6945 years, in 1970.
That places Eswatini 157th out of 207 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.12 years | 0.6945 years | 1.56 years | 8 |
| 1990s | 2.32 years | 2.32 years | 2.32 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.47 years | 2.21 years | 2.96 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.62 years | 3.19 years | 4.29 years | 7 |
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More education data for Eswatini
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 116.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 8,880 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.72 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 112.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in Eswatini?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in Eswatini was 4.29 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 4.29 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6945 years in 1970.
- How does Eswatini rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- Eswatini ranks 157th out of 207 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release