School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.5425 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0.5425 years, measured in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.5426 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0835 years, in 1971.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0836 years | — |
| 1971 | 0.0835 years | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0861 years | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0886 years | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0935 years | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0975 years | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1016 years | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1082 years | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 0.1167 years | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1272 years | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1347 years | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1453 years | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 0.1545 years | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 0.1587 years | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1634 years | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1729 years | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1797 years | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1817 years | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1935 years | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 0.2038 years | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 0.2076 years | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.2117 years | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2155 years | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.2249 years | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2293 years | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2323 years | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.2361 years | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2408 years | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2429 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.2449 years | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.2668 years | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 0.2891 years | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3088 years | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3343 years | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3469 years | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3653 years | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3781 years | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3929 years | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4154 years | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4416 years | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4704 years | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4974 years | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5087 years | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.5217 years | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5357 years | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5426 years | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5356 years | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.54 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.5425 years | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0986 years | 0.0835 years | 0.1272 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1688 years | 0.1347 years | 0.2038 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2286 years | 0.2076 years | 0.2449 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3539 years | 0.2668 years | 0.4416 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5216 years | 0.4704 years | 0.5426 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.5425 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5426 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0835 years in 1971.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.