School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 7.34 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) recorded 7.34 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 7.34 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.5 years, in 2000.
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 204th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5.56 years | — |
| 2000 | 5.5 years | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 5.61 years | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 5.84 years | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 5.95 years | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 6.16 years | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 6.21 years | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 6.22 years | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 6.35 years | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 6.37 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 6.34 years | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 6.44 years | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 6.34 years | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 6.37 years | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 6.53 years | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 6.59 years | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 6.6 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 6.87 years | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 6.85 years | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 7 years | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 7.08 years | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 7.11 years | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 7.1 years | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 7.13 years | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 7.22 years | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 7.34 years | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.56 years | 5.56 years | 5.56 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.06 years | 5.5 years | 6.37 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.67 years | 6.34 years | 7.08 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.18 years | 7.1 years | 7.34 years | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 24.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.88 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 19.24 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 18.26 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 7.34 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.34 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5 years in 2000.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 204th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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