School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in IDA total
IDA total: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.5825 years in 2019. β Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in IDA total, 1970β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in IDA total is 0.5825 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in IDA total peaked at 0.5825 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1231 years, in 1970.
That places IDA total 37th out of 44 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1386 years | 0.1231 years | 0.1626 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1864 years | 0.1654 years | 0.1977 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2086 years | 0.1989 years | 0.2294 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3244 years | 0.2453 years | 0.4243 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5237 years | 0.4554 years | 0.5825 years | 10 |
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More education data for IDA total
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7.15 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7.15 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% (2024)
- Labor force, female 40.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in IDA total?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in IDA total was 0.5825 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5825 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1231 years in 1970.
- How does IDA total rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- IDA total ranks 37th out of 44 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this IDA total 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.