School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Gabon
Gabon: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.5214 years in 2003. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Gabon, 1971–2003
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Gabon is 0.5214 years, measured in 2003. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.9% on the previous year and up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Gabon peaked at 0.5214 years in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0337 years, in 1971.
That places Gabon 147th out of 177 countries with data for 2003, putting it 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 | 0.1364 years | 0.0337 years | 0.2135 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.3741 years | 0.2506 years | 0.4311 years | 6 |
| 1990s | 0.413 years | 0.3711 years | 0.4549 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5001 years | 0.4788 years | 0.5214 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 144 Ethiopia 0.5446 years compare
- 145 Burkina Faso 0.5337 years compare
- 146 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5282 years compare
- 148 Saint Lucia 0.5026 years compare
- 149 Comoros 0.4956 years compare
- 150 Pakistan 0.4777 years compare
More education data for Gabon
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.2% (2019)
- Primary education, teachers 10,935 (2019)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.59 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.0% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Gabon?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Gabon was 0.5214 years in 2003, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5214 years in 2003.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0337 years in 1971.
- How does Gabon rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Gabon ranks 147th out of 177 countries with data for 2003.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon 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
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.