School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)

ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 7.17 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
7.17 years
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
204th
of 221 groups
All-time high
7.3 years
in 2020
All-time low
4.07 years
in 1997
Years of data
27
1997–2023

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1997–2023

024681997201020231997: 4.1 years1998: 4.2 years1999: 4.3 years2000: 4.5 years2001: 4.7 years2002: 5 years2003: 5.2 years2004: 5.4 years2005: 5.7 years2006: 6 years2007: 6.2 years2008: 6.6 years2009: 6.7 years2010: 6.8 years2011: 6.9 years2012: 6.9 years2013: 6.9 years2014: 7 years2015: 6.9 years2016: 7 years2017: 7.1 years2018: 7.1 years2019: 7.2 years2020: 7.3 years2021: 7.2 years2022: 7.2 years2023: 7.2 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) stood at 7.17 years.

That represents a change of up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 7.3 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.07 years, in 1997.

ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 204th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1997 to 2023.
Year years Change
1997 4.07 years
1998 4.21 years +3.4%
1999 4.3 years +2.1%
2000 4.48 years +4.3%
2001 4.66 years +4.1%
2002 4.95 years +6.2%
2003 5.23 years +5.7%
2004 5.42 years +3.6%
2005 5.75 years +6.1%
2006 6.03 years +4.9%
2007 6.23 years +3.3%
2008 6.58 years +5.6%
2009 6.7 years +1.8%
2010 6.78 years +1.3%
2011 6.89 years +1.5%
2012 6.95 years +0.9%
2013 6.92 years -0.4%
2014 6.97 years +0.7%
2015 6.93 years -0.5%
2016 7.02 years +1.3%
2017 7.09 years +1.0%
2018 7.13 years +0.5%
2019 7.21 years +1.2%
2020 7.3 years +1.2%
2021 7.16 years -1.9%
2022 7.17 years +0.2%
2023 7.17 years -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4.19 years 4.07 years 4.3 years 3
2000s 5.6 years 4.48 years 6.7 years 10
2010s 6.99 years 6.78 years 7.21 years 10
2020s 7.2 years 7.16 years 7.3 years 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 7.17 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The highest recorded value was 7.3 years in 2020.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The lowest recorded value was 4.07 years in 1997.
How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 204th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
421 places, 10,261 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release