School life expectancy, secondary, male in Gambia

Gambia: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 3.07 years in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
3.07 years
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
169th
of 195 countries
All-time high
3.11 years
in 2009
All-time low
0.813 years
in 1971
Years of data
27
1971–2010

School life expectancy, secondary, male in Gambia, 1971–2010

11.522.531971199020101971: 0.813 years1973: 0.883 years1974: 0.872 years1975: 0.852 years1976: 0.882 years1977: 0.953 years1978: 0.881 years1979: 0.943 years1980: 1.1 years1981: 1.1 years1983: 1.3 years1984: 1.4 years1985: 1.5 years1986: 1.5 years1987: 1.4 years1988: 1.4 years1989: 1.4 years1990: 1.4 years1991: 1.4 years1992: 1.4 years1993: 1.6 years1994: 1.6 years1995: 1.8 years1996: 1.7 years2008: 3.1 years2009: 3.1 years2010: 3.1 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in Gambia is 3.07 years, measured in 2010.

The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 79.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Gambia peaked at 3.11 years in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.813 years, in 1971.

That places Gambia 169th out of 195 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8848 years 0.813 years 0.9527 years 8
1980s 1.34 years 1.06 years 1.52 years 9
1990s 1.58 years 1.39 years 1.83 years 7
2000s 3.1 years 3.1 years 3.11 years 2
2010s 3.07 years 3.07 years 3.07 years 1

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 166 Namibia 3.16 years compare
  2. 167 Honduras 3.14 years compare
  3. 168 Guatemala 3.13 years compare
  4. 170 Senegal 3.05 years compare
  5. 171 Burkina Faso 3.03 years compare
  6. 172 Sierra Leone 3.02 years compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in Gambia?
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Gambia was 3.07 years in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 3.11 years in 2009.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.813 years in 1971.
How does Gambia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
Gambia ranks 169th out of 195 countries with data for 2010.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 79.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gambia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, male (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.