School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115): School life expectancy, secondary, male was 2.5 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
2.5 years
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
214th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.82 years
in 2014
All-time low
1.28 years
in 1972
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2020, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) stood at 2.5 years.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) peaked at 2.82 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.28 years, in 1972.
That places ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 214th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.31 years | — |
| 1971 | 1.3 years | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1.28 years | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 1.28 years | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 1.28 years | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 1.31 years | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1.33 years | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 1.36 years | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 1.38 years | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 1.4 years | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 1.63 years | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 1.89 years | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 2.14 years | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 2.4 years | +12.0% |
| 1984 | 2.65 years | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 2.43 years | -8.5% |
| 1986 | 2.2 years | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 1.98 years | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 1.75 years | -11.5% |
| 1989 | 1.57 years | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 1.53 years | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 1.54 years | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 1.56 years | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 1.57 years | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 1.59 years | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 1.62 years | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 1.65 years | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1.67 years | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 1.7 years | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.72 years | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 1.74 years | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1.74 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.77 years | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 1.81 years | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 1.82 years | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1.84 years | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.91 years | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 2.14 years | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 2.28 years | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 2.36 years | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 2.49 years | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 2.62 years | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 2.8 years | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 2.81 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2.82 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2.82 years | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.81 years | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2.69 years | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 2.63 years | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 2.51 years | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 2.5 years | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.32 years | 1.28 years | 1.4 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.06 years | 1.57 years | 2.65 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.62 years | 1.53 years | 1.72 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.94 years | 1.74 years | 2.36 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7 years | 2.49 years | 2.82 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5 years | 2.5 years | 2.5 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
- 211 Central African Republic 1.35 years compare
- 212 Guinea-Bissau 1.26 years compare
- 213 Somalia 0.3137 years compare
More education data for ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.2% (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 917,273 (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.9% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 888,344 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.13 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 154,475 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.79 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.19 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.09 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) was 2.5 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.82 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.28 years in 1972.
- How does ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 214th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 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