School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uganda
Uganda: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.205 years in 2014. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uganda, 1970–2014
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2014, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uganda stood at 0.205 years. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.3% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uganda peaked at 0.205 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0094 years, in 1970.
Uganda ranks 164th 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 | 0.012 years | 0.0094 years | 0.016 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.0199 years | 0.0122 years | 0.0279 years | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.0482 years | 0.0322 years | 0.0683 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.1388 years | 0.0889 years | 0.1871 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.1831 years | 0.1598 years | 0.205 years | 4 |
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More education data for Uganda
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers 207,238 (2017)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.17 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.8% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uganda?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Uganda was 0.205 years in 2014, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.205 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0094 years in 1970.
- How does Uganda rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Uganda ranks 164th out of 177 countries with data for 2014.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.