ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) vs Papua New Guinea: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes

ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507)
9.34 years
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
10.2 years
in 2023
ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) rank
27th
Papua New Guinea rank
27th

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes over time

  • ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 10.2 years against 9.34 years in ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507), a difference of 0.86 years.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1998 it was ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) ahead.

ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) ranks 27th and Papua New Guinea ranks 27th of 221 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 7.47 years 5.56 years 1.91 years ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507)
2010s 8.92 years 8.58 years 0.3388 years ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507)
2020s 9.17 years 9.19 years 0.021 years Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes, ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 10.2 years against 9.34 years in ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes between ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) and Papua New Guinea?
0.86 years, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) and Papua New Guinea?
7 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
How do ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) ranks 27th and Papua New Guinea ranks 27th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,349 data points, 1981–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release