Afghanistan vs ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male

Afghanistan
11.98 years
in 2023
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
11.23 years
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
81st
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank
84th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male over time

  • Afghanistan
  • ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 11.98 years against 11.23 years in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), a difference of 0.75 years.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1970 it was ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 81st and ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 84th of 208 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) Difference Ahead
1970s 4.64 years 7.82 years 3.18 years ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
1980s 3.74 years 9.09 years 5.35 years ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
1990s 5.01 years 9.1 years 4.08 years ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
2000s 10.05 years 10.01 years 0.0362 years Afghanistan
2010s 11.68 years 10.64 years 1.04 years Afghanistan
2020s 11.98 years 11.25 years 0.7262 years Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male, Afghanistan or ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
Afghanistan, at 11.98 years against 11.23 years in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male between Afghanistan and ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
0.75 years, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
36 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
Afghanistan ranks 81st and ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 84th of 208 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 15,514 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release