Expected years of schooling, female - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expect 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. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Expected years of schooling, female - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

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Country

Value
1Libya (2003)16.97
2Seychelles (2007)15.37
3Tunisia (2006)14.43
4Mauritius (2005)13.39
5South Africa (2006)13.18
6Algeria (2005)12.88
7Gabon (1999)12.72
8Botswana (2005)12.05
9Cape Verde (2007)11.65
10Namibia (2006)10.89
11Lesotho (2006)10.45
12Egypt (1995)10.37
13Swaziland (2006)10.24
14Sao Tome and Principe (2008)10.19
15Kenya (2007)10.14
16Uganda (2004)10.02
17Morocco (2007)9.82
18Madagascar (2007)9.2
19Malawi (2007)9
20Ghana (2007)8.96
21Zimbabwe (2003)8.9
22Equatorial Guinea (2000)8.85
23Rwanda (2005)8.64
24Liberia (2000)8.2
25Cameroon (2007)8.17
26Republic of the Congo (2003)8.16
27Mauritania (2006)8.02
28Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)7.84
29Burundi (2007)7.68
30Nigeria (2004)7.42
31Mozambique (2005)7.41
32Gambia (2004)7.39
33Comoros (2004)7.3
34Senegal (2007)6.82
35Guinea (2006)6.76
36Ethiopia (2007)6.76
37Zambia (2000)6.61
38Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)6.4
39Sierra Leone (2001)5.8
40Togo (1995)5.79
41Benin (2001)5.6
42Mali (2005)5.45
43Tanzania (1999)5.26
44Burkina Faso (2008)5.11
45Ivory Coast (2000)4.83
46Eritrea (2004)4.46
47Chad (2005)4.32
48Guinea-Bissau (2001)4.24
49Djibouti (2007)4.14
50Angola (1998)4.06
51Sudan (1985)3.62
52Central African Republic (1990)3.61
53Niger (2007)3.33
54Somalia (1975)1.41
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