School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea
Eritrea: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.1681 years in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea, 1995–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.1681 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2016.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 115.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea peaked at 0.1925 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0781 years, in 2004.
Eritrea ranks 174th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0885 years | 0.0816 years | 0.1006 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.1072 years | 0.0781 years | 0.1336 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.1741 years | 0.1621 years | 0.1925 years | 4 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.7% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 12,025 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.68 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Eritrea was 0.1681 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1925 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0781 years in 2004.
- How does Eritrea rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Eritrea ranks 174th out of 183 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 115.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.