School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 2.79 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 2.79 years for school life expectancy, secondary, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 3.45 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7308 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 206th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.11 years | 0.7308 years | 1.55 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.84 years | 1.61 years | 1.95 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.89 years | 1.8 years | 1.95 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.2 years | 1.93 years | 2.74 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2 years | 2.9 years | 3.45 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.85 years | 2.79 years | 2.89 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- 203 Mozambique 2.07 years compare
- 204 Burkina Faso 1.98 years compare
- 205 Chad 1.95 years compare
- 206 Uganda 1.67 years compare
- 207 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.64 years compare
- 208 Burundi 1.56 years compare
- 209 Equatorial Guinea 1.43 years compare
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.73 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 14.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 859,574 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 5.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 4.15 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 2.79 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.45 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7308 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 206th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release