School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) was 0.8588 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) is 0.8588 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) peaked at 0.8588 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1224 years, in 1970.
ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 157th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1224 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.1229 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1307 years | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1429 years | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1548 years | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1701 years | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 0.1917 years | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 0.2139 years | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2297 years | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 0.2356 years | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.2488 years | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2731 years | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2892 years | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2931 years | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.3041 years | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3038 years | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.3109 years | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3119 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.3166 years | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.302 years | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2973 years | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.2801 years | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 0.3048 years | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 0.3361 years | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3655 years | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3943 years | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 0.4243 years | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4558 years | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 0.4769 years | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5078 years | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5234 years | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5492 years | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5847 years | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 0.5805 years | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6066 years | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6365 years | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.6418 years | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6436 years | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6544 years | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6593 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.6661 years | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.636 years | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6571 years | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6979 years | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7131 years | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.7492 years | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7479 years | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7576 years | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7847 years | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7888 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8181 years | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8182 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8218 years | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8444 years | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8588 years | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1715 years | 0.1224 years | 0.2356 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2954 years | 0.2488 years | 0.3166 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3843 years | 0.2801 years | 0.5078 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.608 years | 0.5234 years | 0.6593 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7198 years | 0.636 years | 0.7888 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8322 years | 0.8181 years | 0.8588 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
- 154 Micronesia (country) 0.6679 years compare
- 155 Rwanda 0.6498 years compare
- 156 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6411 years compare
- 157 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5927 years compare
- 158 Burkina Faso 0.5899 years compare
- 159 Kenya 0.5895 years compare
- 160 Guinea 0.5717 years compare
More education data for ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 26.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.25 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 11.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.44 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) was 0.8588 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8588 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1224 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) ranks 157th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release