School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109): School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) was 2.4 years in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
2.4 years
Change on year
up 1.3%
Rank
215th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.4 years
in 2021
All-time low
0.8846 years
in 1970
Years of data
52
1970–2021
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2021, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) stood at 2.4 years. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) peaked at 2.4 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8846 years, in 1970.
That places ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 215th 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.
School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8846 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.8883 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.9074 years | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.9259 years | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.9586 years | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 0.9943 years | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 1.05 years | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 1.06 years | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 1.1 years | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.13 years | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 1.18 years | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 1.24 years | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 1.28 years | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 1.3 years | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.34 years | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 1.46 years | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 1.46 years | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 1.53 years | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 1.56 years | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 1.54 years | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1.51 years | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 1.47 years | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 1.4 years | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 1.35 years | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 1.34 years | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.34 years | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1.34 years | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1.34 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1.37 years | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1.4 years | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1.46 years | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 1.56 years | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 1.61 years | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 1.65 years | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 1.81 years | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 1.89 years | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 2.02 years | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 2.14 years | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 2.21 years | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 2.25 years | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 2.25 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2.21 years | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 2.27 years | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2.26 years | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 2.24 years | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2.2 years | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 2.23 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2.29 years | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.31 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 2.34 years | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 2.37 years | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 2.4 years | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9902 years | 0.8846 years | 1.13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.39 years | 1.18 years | 1.56 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.39 years | 1.34 years | 1.51 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.86 years | 1.46 years | 2.25 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.26 years | 2.2 years | 2.34 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.39 years | 2.37 years | 2.4 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
- 212 Guinea-Bissau 1.26 years compare
- 213 Somalia 0.3137 years compare
More education data for ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.62 million (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.96 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.90 million (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 471,371 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.58 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.80 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42.53 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6253 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.14 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) was 2.4 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8846 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release