School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Egypt
Egypt: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 1.76 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Egypt, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Egypt is 1.76 years, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Egypt peaked at 1.76 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.3592 years, in 1971.
Egypt ranks 89th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.608 years | 0.3592 years | 0.8146 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9117 years | 0.7794 years | 1 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9556 years | 0.6089 years | 1.54 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.49 years | 1.38 years | 1.54 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.57 years | 1.34 years | 1.76 years | 8 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 86 Republic of Moldova 1.84 years compare
- 87 Philippines 1.77 years compare
- 88 Oman 1.77 years compare
- 90 Jordan 1.76 years compare
- 91 Tajikistan 1.62 years compare
- 92 El Salvador 1.61 years compare
More education data for Egypt
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Egypt?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Egypt was 1.76 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.76 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3592 years in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Egypt ranks 89th out of 183 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.