Sub-Saharan Africa vs Togo: School life expectancy, primary, female

Sub-Saharan Africa
6.02 years
in 2019
Togo
7.43 years
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
1st
Togo rank
16th

School life expectancy, primary, female over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Togo
2468197019942019

How they compare

Togo currently reports 7.43 years against 6.02 years in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 1.41 years.

That makes Togo's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st and Togo ranks 16th of 1 groups.

Togo has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Togo Difference Ahead
1970s 3.29 years 3.61 years 0.3146 years Togo
1980s 4.26 years 4.56 years 0.2993 years Togo
1990s 4.22 years 5.29 years 1.07 years Togo
2000s 5.36 years 6.44 years 1.08 years Togo
2010s 6 years 7.42 years 1.43 years Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, female, Sub-Saharan Africa or Togo?
Togo, at 7.43 years against 6.02 years in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, female between Sub-Saharan Africa and Togo?
1.41 years, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Togo?
48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Togo rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, female?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st and Togo ranks 16th of 1 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
242 places, 9,331 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.