School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) was 0.4544 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.4544 years
Change on year
down 2.3%
Rank
205th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.4653 years
in 2023
All-time low
0.0805 years
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) stood at 0.4544 years.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 0.4653 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0805 years, in 1970.
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 205th 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, tertiary, both sexes (years) (both sexes) in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0805 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.0825 years | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0862 years | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0893 years | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0952 years | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1028 years | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 0.108 years | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1118 years | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 0.1186 years | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1234 years | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1294 years | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 0.1354 years | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 0.1462 years | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 0.1481 years | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.1543 years | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1596 years | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1658 years | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1737 years | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 0.1848 years | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 0.1989 years | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1974 years | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.2036 years | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.2101 years | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2255 years | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 0.236 years | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2394 years | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2455 years | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2455 years | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2474 years | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.2474 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2591 years | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2675 years | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.274 years | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.2945 years | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3013 years | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.301 years | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2991 years | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3128 years | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3391 years | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3689 years | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 0.393 years | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4209 years | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4425 years | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.432 years | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4325 years | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.44 years | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4278 years | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4363 years | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4428 years | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4421 years | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4414 years | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.4378 years | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4636 years | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4653 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.4544 years | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0998 years | 0.0805 years | 0.1234 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1596 years | 0.1294 years | 0.1989 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2298 years | 0.1974 years | 0.2474 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3017 years | 0.2591 years | 0.3689 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.431 years | 0.393 years | 0.4428 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4525 years | 0.4378 years | 0.4653 years | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.77 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 0.4544 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4653 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0805 years in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 205th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 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