School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) was 2.65 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.65 years
Change on year
down 1.0%
Rank
211th
of 221 groups
All-time high
3.1 years
in 2013
All-time low
0.4716 years
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 2.65 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 3.1 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4716 years, in 1970.
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 211th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male (years) (life male years) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4716 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.4925 years | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 0.5314 years | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 0.5686 years | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6064 years | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6493 years | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 0.6945 years | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7433 years | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 0.8271 years | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9534 years | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 1.14 years | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 1.32 years | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 1.51 years | +14.7% |
| 1983 | 1.87 years | +23.8% |
| 1984 | 2.18 years | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 2.03 years | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 1.54 years | -24.1% |
| 1987 | 1.49 years | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 1.44 years | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 1.38 years | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 1.4 years | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 1.4 years | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.41 years | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.4 years | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1.39 years | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 1.38 years | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1.36 years | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 1.35 years | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.36 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.37 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.48 years | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 1.64 years | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 1.81 years | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 1.9 years | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 2.01 years | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 2.01 years | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.01 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.02 years | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 2.18 years | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 2.35 years | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 2.58 years | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 2.69 years | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 2.73 years | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 3.1 years | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 2.79 years | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 2.83 years | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 2.7 years | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 2.66 years | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 2.63 years | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 2.66 years | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2.68 years | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 2.71 years | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 2.69 years | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.67 years | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 2.65 years | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6538 years | 0.4716 years | 0.9534 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.59 years | 1.14 years | 2.18 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.38 years | 1.35 years | 1.41 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.94 years | 1.48 years | 2.35 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.74 years | 2.58 years | 3.1 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.68 years | 2.65 years | 2.71 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- 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
- 213 Somalia 0.3137 years compare
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 2.65 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4716 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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