School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.4052 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 0.4052 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.4052 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0565 years, in 1972.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0569 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.0566 years | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0565 years | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0567 years | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0587 years | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0602 years | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0619 years | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0645 years | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0676 years | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0716 years | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0749 years | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 0.079 years | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0833 years | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0854 years | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 0.088 years | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0917 years | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0953 years | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0985 years | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 0.1011 years | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1058 years | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1071 years | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.1127 years | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 0.1185 years | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 0.1268 years | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1367 years | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 0.1425 years | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.1496 years | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1572 years | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1645 years | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 0.1713 years | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1869 years | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2001 years | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.2157 years | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2288 years | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 0.241 years | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2549 years | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2663 years | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2752 years | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.2874 years | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3085 years | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3263 years | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3387 years | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.3584 years | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3724 years | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3801 years | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.389 years | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3903 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3971 years | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.4052 years | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0611 years | 0.0565 years | 0.0716 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0903 years | 0.0749 years | 0.1058 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1387 years | 0.1071 years | 0.1713 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2465 years | 0.1869 years | 0.3085 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.373 years | 0.3263 years | 0.4052 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.4052 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4052 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0565 years in 1972.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.