School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) (female years) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) (female years) was 0.6957 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6957 years
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
162nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.6964 years
in 2023
All-time low
0.1537 years
in 1979
Years of data
46
1979–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 0.6957 years, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 0.6964 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1537 years, in 1979.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 162nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years) (female years) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.1537 years | — |
| 1980 | 0.1604 years | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1713 years | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1816 years | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 0.1873 years | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1953 years | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2033 years | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2114 years | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 0.2223 years | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 0.2345 years | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 0.2551 years | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 0.2464 years | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 0.2587 years | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2719 years | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2923 years | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3344 years | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3505 years | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.3661 years | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.3665 years | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3686 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.3704 years | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3831 years | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.3912 years | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.3956 years | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.42 years | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 0.4235 years | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.415 years | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4097 years | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4298 years | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4583 years | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4932 years | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 0.524 years | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5465 years | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5967 years | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6313 years | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 0.6287 years | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6447 years | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6354 years | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.656 years | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6733 years | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6714 years | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6739 years | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.6675 years | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.6939 years | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6964 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.6957 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1537 years | 0.1537 years | 0.1537 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2022 years | 0.1604 years | 0.2551 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3226 years | 0.2464 years | 0.3704 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4219 years | 0.3831 years | 0.4932 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6208 years | 0.524 years | 0.6733 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6855 years | 0.6675 years | 0.6964 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.6957 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6964 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1537 years in 1979.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 162nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release