School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Nigeria
Nigeria: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.5998 years in 2011. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Nigeria, 1985–2011
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.5998 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 74.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Nigeria peaked at 0.6129 years in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.25 years, in 1987.
That places Nigeria 138th out of 177 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2727 years | 0.25 years | 0.3123 years | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.3432 years | 0.3432 years | 0.3432 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5891 years | 0.5743 years | 0.6129 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5744 years | 0.5489 years | 0.5998 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More education data for Nigeria
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.6% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 913,305 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.38 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Nigeria?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Nigeria was 0.5998 years in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6129 years in 2005.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.25 years in 1987.
- How does Nigeria rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Nigeria ranks 138th out of 177 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.