How does Eswatini rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?

Eswatini ranks 14th out of 188 countries with data for 2016.

Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Eswatini?

Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Eswatini

Name: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Eswatini
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Eswatini: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 10.87 years in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)

10.87 years

Change on year

up 0.8%

World rank

14th

of 188 countries

All-time high

10.87 years

in 2016

All-time low

7.97 years

in 1987

Years of data

1987–2016

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Eswatini, 1987–2016

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 10.87 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2016. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Eswatini peaked at 10.87 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7.97 years, in 1987.

That places Eswatini 14th out of 188 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1980s	7.97 years	7.97 years	7.97 years	1
1990s	8.95 years	8.88 years	9.02 years	2
2000s	9.36 years	8.8 years	10.11 years	9
2010s	10.68 years	10.48 years	10.87 years	7

Countries ranked near Eswatini

11 Sierra Leone 11.11 years compare
12 Costa Rica 11.01 years compare
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.87 years compare
15 Lesotho 10.74 years compare
16 Algeria 10.68 years compare
17 Malawi 10.66 years compare

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 947.41 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 2.56 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 464.17 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 6.88 (2050)
Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.42 (2050)
Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0477 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 464.17 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 1.21 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Eswatini?: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Eswatini was 10.87 years in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Eswatini?: The highest recorded value was 10.87 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Eswatini?: The lowest recorded value was 7.97 years in 1987.
How does Eswatini rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?: Eswatini ranks 14th out of 188 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Eswatini?: Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified levels 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.