School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 2.72 years in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
2.72 years
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
209th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.72 years
in 2022
All-time low
0.6717 years
in 1970
Years of data
53
1970–2022
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) recorded 2.72 years for school life expectancy, secondary, male in 2022. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) peaked at 2.72 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6717 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6717 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.675 years | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.7106 years | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7274 years | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7455 years | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.8271 years | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 0.8954 years | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 0.94 years | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 1.01 years | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 1.07 years | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 1.12 years | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 1.16 years | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 1.2 years | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 1.23 years | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 1.26 years | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 1.33 years | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 1.31 years | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 1.34 years | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 1.35 years | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.32 years | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.3 years | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 1.28 years | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.23 years | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 1.24 years | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.27 years | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 1.24 years | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 1.25 years | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1.28 years | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 1.33 years | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 1.38 years | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 1.45 years | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 1.55 years | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 1.63 years | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 1.68 years | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 1.81 years | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 1.9 years | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 2.04 years | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 2.16 years | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 2.26 years | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 2.32 years | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 2.35 years | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 2.44 years | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 2.43 years | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.38 years | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 2.4 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 2.36 years | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 2.42 years | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 2.47 years | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 2.54 years | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 2.59 years | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.66 years | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 2.7 years | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 2.72 years | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8276 years | 0.6717 years | 1.07 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.26 years | 1.12 years | 1.35 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.28 years | 1.23 years | 1.38 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.88 years | 1.45 years | 2.32 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.44 years | 2.35 years | 2.59 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.69 years | 2.66 years | 2.72 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
- 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
- 210 Niger 1.42 years compare
- 211 Central African Republic 1.35 years compare
- 212 Guinea-Bissau 1.26 years compare
More education data for ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 12.51 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.95 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 12.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 41.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 32.35 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 16.12 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) was 2.72 years in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.72 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6717 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 53 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release