School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) was 8.39 years in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
8.39 years
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
113th
of 221 groups
All-time high
8.42 years
in 2019
All-time low
5.67 years
in 1998
Years of data
24
1998–2021
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1998–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) recorded 8.39 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2021.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 8.42 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.67 years, in 1998.
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 113th of 221 groups on this measure, 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, female (years) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5.67 years | — |
| 1999 | 5.76 years | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 5.96 years | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 6.09 years | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 6.53 years | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 6.75 years | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 6.67 years | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 6.85 years | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 7 years | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 7.05 years | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 6.97 years | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 7.17 years | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 7.42 years | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 7.73 years | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 7.94 years | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 8.1 years | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 8.19 years | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 8.29 years | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 8.36 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 8.26 years | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 8.35 years | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 8.42 years | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 8.4 years | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 8.39 years | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.72 years | 5.67 years | 5.76 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.7 years | 5.96 years | 7.17 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.11 years | 7.42 years | 8.42 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4 years | 8.39 years | 8.4 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- 110 Israel 8.81 years compare
- 111 Qatar 8.81 years compare
- 112 Dominican Republic 8.8 years compare
- 113 Mauritania 8.8 years compare
- 114 United States 8.79 years compare
- 115 Nicaragua 8.77 years compare
- 116 Kazakhstan 8.76 years compare
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1417 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 8.39 years in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.42 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.67 years in 1998.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 113th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release