School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 7.73 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 7.73 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 7.77 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.16 years, in 1995.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 160th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3 years | 6.16 years | 6.51 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 7.06 years | 6.59 years | 7.42 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.44 years | 7.28 years | 7.62 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.69 years | 7.63 years | 7.77 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.98 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 7.73 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.77 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.16 years in 1995.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 160th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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