School life expectancy, primary and lower … life both sexes lower in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): School life expectancy, primary and lower … life both sexes lower 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 … life both sexes lower 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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 544,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.58 % change on previous year (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