School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Congo
Congo: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.5376 years in 2017. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Congo, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Congo stood at 0.5376 years. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 395.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Congo peaked at 0.5376 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0075 years, in 1971.
Congo ranks 138th of 177 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.0226 years | 0.0075 years | 0.0426 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.0799 years | 0.0643 years | 0.1063 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.0828 years | 0.075 years | 0.095 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.0894 years | 0.0506 years | 0.1204 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.4209 years | 0.3214 years | 0.5376 years | 4 |
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More education data for Congo
- Population ages 0-14 39.9% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 23,019 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.11 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 86.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Congo?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Congo was 0.5376 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5376 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0075 years in 1971.
- How does Congo rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Congo ranks 138th out of 177 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 395.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo 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
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.