School life expectancy, tertiary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405): School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.7203 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) recorded 0.7203 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) peaked at 0.7203 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1372 years, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 163rd 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 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1806 years | 0.1372 years | 0.2361 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.284 years | 0.2472 years | 0.3029 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3457 years | 0.2858 years | 0.4131 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5015 years | 0.4303 years | 0.573 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6485 years | 0.5955 years | 0.6877 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7086 years | 0.7011 years | 0.7203 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- 160 Ethiopia 0.5109 years compare
- 161 Gabon 0.4844 years compare
- 162 Saint Lucia 0.4799 years compare
- 163 Seychelles 0.4557 years compare
- 164 Mauritania 0.449 years compare
- 165 Aruba 0.4319 years compare
- 166 Lesotho 0.4263 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 50.51 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 114.70 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92.95 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 45.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) was 0.7203 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7203 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1372 years in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) ranks 163rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release