Years of Schooling in Somalia: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Years of Schooling in Somalia: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow). Average years of formal education among adults. For Somalia, the story across three centuries is below — every value is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there.

In the 1800s estimate the baseline stood at 0.1 years. Through successive decades including the 1810s estimate 0.14, the 1820s estimate 0.18, the 1830s estimate 0.22, the 1840s estimate 0.26, the 1850s estimate 0.3, the 1860s estimate 0.34, the 1870s estimate 0.38, the 1880s estimate 0.42, and the 1890s estimate 0.46, formal education remained minimal. By 1900 it was 0.5 years, matching the 1900s estimate 0.5. Progress continued gradually through the 1910s estimate 0.64, the 1920s estimate 0.78, the 1930s estimate 0.92, and the 1940s estimate 1.06, finally crossing the full year threshold in the 1950s 1.2.

The latter half of the twentieth century brought measured growth through the 1960s 1.63, the 1970s 2.07, the 1980s 2.5, the 1990s 3.25, the 2000s 4, and the 2010s 5. In the 2020s, years of schooling in Somalia stands at 6 years — ranking #148 of 157 countries. Looking forward, projections trace a steady path through the 2030s projection 6.3, the 2040s projection 6.6, the 2050s projection 6.9, the 2060s projection 7.2, the 2070s projection 7.5, the 2080s projection 7.8, the 2090s projection 8.1, and the 2100s projection 8.4. Keep exploring Life Expectancy at Birth in Somalia Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Somalia Child Mortality (under 5) in Somalia Children per Woman in Somalia Living in Cities in Somalia Full country profile: Somalia.

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