School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 10.15 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) is 10.15 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) peaked at 10.41 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9.17 years, in 2006.
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 3rd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9.64 years | — |
| 1999 | 9.54 years | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 9.45 years | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 9.31 years | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 9.29 years | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 9.21 years | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 9.2 years | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 9.2 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9.17 years | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 9.22 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 9.25 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 9.48 years | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 9.76 years | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 10.01 years | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 10.24 years | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 10.34 years | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 10.4 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 10.34 years | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 10.33 years | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 10.41 years | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 10.37 years | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 10.39 years | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 10.28 years | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 10.26 years | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 10.18 years | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 10.16 years | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 10.15 years | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.59 years | 9.54 years | 9.64 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.28 years | 9.17 years | 9.48 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.26 years | 9.76 years | 10.41 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.21 years | 10.15 years | 10.28 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.41 years compare
- 2 Sierra Leone 13.07 years compare
- 3 Monaco 11.96 years compare
- 4 Namibia 11.93 years compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.82 years compare
- 6 Eswatini 11.55 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 77.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 76.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.93 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 22.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 199,452 (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.35 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 746,688 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 696,778 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) was 10.15 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: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.41 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.17 years in 2006.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 3rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 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