School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Madagascar
Madagascar: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 10.19 years in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Madagascar, 1971β2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Madagascar is 10.19 years, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Madagascar peaked at 10.49 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5.41 years, in 1971.
Madagascar ranks 146th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.41 years | 5.41 years | 5.41 years | 1 |
| 1980s | 6.36 years | 6.36 years | 6.36 years | 1 |
| 1990s | 6.16 years | 6.16 years | 6.16 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.28 years | 8.84 years | 9.96 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 10.25 years | 9.96 years | 10.49 years | 6 |
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More gender data for Madagascar
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 483,299 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 498,396 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 473,008 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 486,670 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 464,238 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 477,488 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 456,251 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 468,776 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 448,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 460,439 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Madagascar?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Madagascar was 10.19 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 10.49 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.41 years in 1971.
- How does Madagascar rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Madagascar ranks 146th out of 175 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.