School life expectancy, tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.5679 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.5679 years
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
187th
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.5921 years
in 2015
All-time low
0.1993 years
in 1979
Years of data
46
1979–2024
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 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, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 0.5679 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 0.5921 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1993 years, in 1979.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 187th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.1993 years | — |
| 1980 | 0.2093 years | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 0.2177 years | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2288 years | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 0.2305 years | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2384 years | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 0.2487 years | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 0.2627 years | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2802 years | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3028 years | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 0.3284 years | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 0.3308 years | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.333 years | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.3443 years | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.376 years | +9.2% |
| 1994 | 0.3889 years | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 0.39 years | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3942 years | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.3954 years | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.4002 years | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4076 years | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.419 years | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4266 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4295 years | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.4569 years | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.452 years | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4385 years | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4219 years | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.447 years | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4694 years | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4982 years | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5284 years | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5542 years | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 0.5649 years | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.5652 years | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5711 years | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5921 years | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5716 years | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5796 years | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.589 years | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5831 years | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5736 years | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5643 years | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.5758 years | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5688 years | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5679 years | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1993 years | 0.1993 years | 0.1993 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2548 years | 0.2093 years | 0.3284 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.376 years | 0.3308 years | 0.4076 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4459 years | 0.419 years | 0.4982 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5699 years | 0.5284 years | 0.5921 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5701 years | 0.5643 years | 0.5758 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- 184 Zambia 0.2261 years compare
- 185 Gambia 0.1971 years compare
- 186 Eritrea 0.1877 years compare
- 187 Sint Maarten 0.1479 years compare
- 188 Sierra Leone 0.1419 years compare
- 189 Papua New Guinea 0.1231 years compare
- 190 Anguilla 0.0896 years compare
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, male 5.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 0.5679 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5921 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1993 years in 1979.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 187th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release