School life expectancy, tertiary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.6957 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
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.
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)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 7.02 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.01 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 17.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 11.43 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.71 million (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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release