Expected years of schooling, male - 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, male - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Libya (2003)16.06
2Seychelles (2007)14.15
3Mauritius (2005)13.67
4Gabon (1999)13.52
5Tunisia (2006)13.52
6South Africa (2006)12.98
7Algeria (2005)12.67
8Botswana (2005)11.82
9Liberia (2000)11.21
10Morocco (2007)11.14
11Cape Verde (2007)11.11
12Swaziland (2006)10.86
13Kenya (2007)10.78
14Namibia (2006)10.65
15Uganda (2004)10.53
16Equatorial Guinea (2000)10.42
17Sao Tome and Principe (2008)10.2
18Lesotho (2006)10.08
19Republic of the Congo (2003)9.93
20Cameroon (2007)9.78
21Madagascar (2007)9.64
22Guinea (2006)9.63
23Ghana (2007)9.61
24Nigeria (2004)9.39
25Zimbabwe (2003)9.33
26Malawi (2007)9.22
27Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)9.15
28Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)9.14
29Mozambique (2005)9.11
30Benin (2001)8.9
31Comoros (2004)8.72
32Burundi (2007)8.69
33Rwanda (2005)8.52
34Ethiopia (2007)8.45
35Mauritania (2006)8.13
36Sierra Leone (2001)7.94
37Gambia (2004)7.77
38Mali (2005)7.68
39Senegal (2007)7.54
40Chad (2005)7.41
41Zambia (2000)7.41
42Ivory Coast (2000)7.28
43Guinea-Bissau (2001)6.66
44Eritrea (2004)6.48
45Burkina Faso (2008)6.22
46Tanzania (1999)5.4
47Djibouti (2007)5.29
48Angola (1998)4.97
49Niger (2007)4.7
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