School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 8.51 years in 2021. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1998–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 8.51 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in 2021.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 8.55 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.45 years, in 1998.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 109th out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6.45 years | — |
| 1999 | 6.48 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 6.56 years | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 6.67 years | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 7.08 years | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 7.23 years | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 7.31 years | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 7.3 years | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 7.4 years | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 7.38 years | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 7.34 years | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 7.52 years | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 7.7 years | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 7.9 years | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 8.1 years | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 8.28 years | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 8.34 years | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 8.4 years | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 8.47 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 8.41 years | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 8.5 years | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 8.55 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 8.5 years | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 8.51 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.46 years | 6.45 years | 6.48 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.18 years | 6.56 years | 7.52 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.27 years | 7.7 years | 8.55 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.51 years | 8.5 years | 8.51 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- 106 Malta 8.88 years compare
- 107 Dominican Republic 8.86 years compare
- 108 Kazakhstan 8.85 years compare
- 109 Cameroon 8.83 years compare
- 110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.82 years compare
- 111 Nicaragua 8.81 years compare
- 112 Israel 8.8 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.10 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 10.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.65 million (2020)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 26.00 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 13.32 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 8.51 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.55 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.45 years in 1998.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 109th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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