School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 7.59 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 7.59 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 7.84 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.23 years, in 1994.
That places ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 4.23 years | — |
| 1995 | 4.4 years | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 4.46 years | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 4.73 years | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 4.93 years | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 4.98 years | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 5.22 years | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 5.45 years | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 5.73 years | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 5.99 years | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 6.23 years | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 6.52 years | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 6.78 years | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 7.02 years | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 7.35 years | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 7.41 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 7.44 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 7.53 years | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 7.55 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 7.57 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 7.6 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 7.52 years | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 7.6 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 7.66 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 7.72 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 7.78 years | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 7.84 years | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 7.63 years | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 7.61 years | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 7.57 years | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 7.59 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.62 years | 4.23 years | 4.98 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 6.37 years | 5.22 years | 7.41 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.6 years | 7.44 years | 7.78 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.65 years | 7.57 years | 7.84 years | 5 |
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More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.1% (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.57 million (2023)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.21 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.99 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 24.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 48.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 24.59 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 7.59 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.84 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.23 years in 1994.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 192nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release