School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) was 4.79 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) recorded 4.79 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 4.81 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.33 years, in 1999.
That places ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3.36 years | — |
| 1999 | 3.33 years | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 3.41 years | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 3.48 years | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 3.6 years | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 3.77 years | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 3.91 years | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 4.04 years | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 4.15 years | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 4.12 years | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 4.33 years | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 4.41 years | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 4.44 years | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 4.44 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4.51 years | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 4.67 years | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 4.67 years | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 4.69 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 4.73 years | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 4.78 years | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 4.75 years | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 4.81 years | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 4.79 years | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.34 years | 3.33 years | 3.36 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.92 years | 3.41 years | 4.41 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.65 years | 4.44 years | 4.81 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.79 years | 4.79 years | 4.79 years | 1 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 634,256 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 651,300 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 431,218 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 235,625 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.53 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.03 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 4.79 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.81 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.33 years in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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