School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) was 8.12 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) is 8.12 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 8.26 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5.65 years, in 1999.
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 141st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5.65 years | — |
| 2000 | 5.69 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 5.68 years | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 5.87 years | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 6.5 years | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 6.62 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 6.84 years | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 6.95 years | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 7.18 years | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 7.28 years | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 7.28 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7.4 years | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 7.41 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 7.54 years | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 7.83 years | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 7.83 years | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7.89 years | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 8.26 years | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 8.14 years | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 7.36 years | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 7.31 years | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 7.41 years | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 7.46 years | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 7.79 years | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 7.8 years | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 8.12 years | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.65 years | 5.65 years | 5.65 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.59 years | 5.68 years | 7.28 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7 years | 7.31 years | 8.26 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.72 years | 7.41 years | 8.12 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 4.00 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6662 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 175.95 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.63 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 101.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 193.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 8.12 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.26 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.65 years in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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