School life expectancy, secondary, female in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 2.39 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2018)
2.39 years
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
178th
of 195 countries
All-time high
2.39 years
in 2018
All-time low
0.1333 years
in 1970
Years of data
35
1970–2018

School life expectancy, secondary, female in Afghanistan, 1970–2018

00.511.522.51970199420181970: 0.133 years1971: 0.141 years1972: 0.143 years1973: 0.159 years1974: 0.159 years1975: 0.167 years1976: 0.192 years1977: 0.229 years1978: 0.249 years1981: 0.47 years1982: 0.388 years1984: 0.462 years1985: 0.486 years1986: 0.477 years1988: 0.516 years1991: 0.626 years1993: 0.499 years1994: 0.55 years1995: 0.667 years2003: 0.384 years2004: 0.357 years2005: 0.54 years2006: 0.89 years2007: 0.911 years2008: 1.4 years2009: 1.7 years2010: 2 years2011: 2.2 years2012: 2.3 years2013: 2.3 years2014: 2.3 years2015: 2.2 years2016: 2.2 years2017: 2.3 years2018: 2.4 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2018, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Afghanistan stood at 2.39 years. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 77.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Afghanistan peaked at 2.39 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1333 years, in 1970.

Afghanistan ranks 178th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.1744 years 0.1333 years 0.249 years 9
1980s 0.4667 years 0.3883 years 0.516 years 6
1990s 0.5855 years 0.4994 years 0.6669 years 4
2000s 0.8785 years 0.3566 years 1.72 years 7
2010s 2.25 years 2 years 2.39 years 9

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 175 Papua New Guinea 2.45 years compare
  2. 176 Sudan 2.42 years compare
  3. 177 Nigeria 2.4 years compare
  4. 179 Angola 2.38 years compare
  5. 180 Liberia 2.25 years compare
  6. 181 Guinea 2.21 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in Afghanistan?
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Afghanistan was 2.39 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 2.39 years in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1333 years in 1970.
How does Afghanistan rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
Afghanistan ranks 178th out of 195 countries with data for 2018.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 77.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.